The notes B, D, and F# are emphasized in every measure of the verse, and the major sixth between D and B is emphasized from the pickup measure of the tune. (You’ll see that the score below goes straight from Post’s verse to Swae’s verse, which isn’t how the song goes, but the chorus is already transcribed in the graphic.) Let’s look at how Post uses these two notes throughout his verse prior. I’d like to push their analysis a little bit farther using one word: contextualization. (Disappointing, because I warned them that I might trash this graphic). Despite my initial doubts, I came to the conclusion after some analysis that Top40Theory was indeed correct. So why does the chordal sixth need to resolve over G but not over D? And it seems rather old-fashioned to assume that the 9 has to resolve down, especially when it’s repeated over an entire progression. On top of that, when it goes to IV (G), E is the sixth of that chord. The B in measure 1 never resolves to a chord tone, and B and E are the two pentatonic extensions of D Major, which means, to me, that they create a similar level of dissonance over that chord. This resolution to I is teased at in measures four and seven (using Top40’s numbering) when the melody, but not the harmony, goes to the tonic. In the chorus to Post Malone and Swae Lee’s Sunflower, the scale degree 2 at the end of almost every measure suggests an eventual melodic resolution down to D, or 1, on the tonic. I’ve reposted it below with the permission of the page admin. He holds several Billboard chart records: he is the first solo artist to top the Rap Airplay and Adult Contemporary charts, while "Circles" set the record for longest climb to number one (41 weeks) on Adult Contemporary chart by a solo artist.A couple of weeks ago, a post came up on my Facebook feed from Top40Theory. Its second single, "Circles", also reached number one and set the record for the most weeks (39) in the top ten on the Hot 100.Among the best-selling music artists with over 80 million records sold, Malone has won 10 Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, and one MTV Video Music Award, and has received six Grammy Award nominations. His third number one, "Sunflower" (with Swae Lee), was the promotional and lead single to the soundtrack for the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), and was included on Malone's third album, Hollywood's Bleeding (2019), which became Malone's second number one. It also contained the Hot 100 number-one singles "Rockstar" and "Psycho", and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2018 Grammy Awards. Malone's second album, Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018), debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and set several streaming records. The album set the record for most weeks (77) on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Malone soon signed a recording contract with Republic Records and released his debut studio album, Stoney, in 2016, which contained the diamond hit single "Congratulations". His stage name was derived from inputting his birth name into a rap name generator.Malone began his music career as an independent artist in 2013 and attained recognition with his 2015 debut single "White Iverson", which peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Known for his introspective songwriting and variegated vocal styles, Malone has gained acclaim for blending genres and subgenres of pop, hip hop, R&B, and trap. Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.