"Beautiful Things" is the lead single of Benson Boone's new debut studio album, 'Fireworks & Rollerblades' (2024) and is about the meaning of life", where Boone reflects on gratitude for life, love and the "volatility of happiness". The song was co-written by Boone with Jack LaFrantz and Evan Blair, and produced by Blair. "Beautiful Things" is #1 for a 7th nonconsecutive week on the Billboard Global 200 with 83.9 million streams and 22,000 sold worldwide from April 5-11 as per Luminate, and holds for an 8th week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.! The song holds at No. 3 on the US Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. It scores the chart’s top Airplay Gainer for a 3rd consecutive week (57.4 million, up 14%) and is the #1 best-selling single released in 2024 in the US by total units!
"Beautiful Things" holds at #2 on the Official UK chart after 2 weeks at #1 and holds at #1 on the ARIA chart in Australia for a 6th week! It holds at #2 on the Official German chart after 5 weeks at #1! It has also topped the weekly charts in Austria, Belgium (Wallonia), Canada, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia & Switzerland, and has peaked at #2 in Belgium (Flanders,) Latvia, the Netherlands & South Africa, #3 in Denmark, Japan (Billboard Hot Overseas) & Sweden, #4 in Greece, Lebanon, Poland & Portugal, #5 in Lithuania & the UAE, #8 in Iceland & Russia, #9 in MENA, #10 in Hungary, Singapore & Malaysia, #14 in Spain, #18 in Croatia, Ecuador & Italy, #20 in Peru, #21 in Bolivia, #22 in Indonesia, #23 in Romania, #32 in Brazil, #34 in Finland, #65 in Argentina, #78 in South Korea and #79 in Nigeria! The song has already been certified Platinum in Australia (70,000), Canada (80,000 units), France (200,000) & New Zealand (30,000), and Gold in Austria (70,000), Italy (50,000), Portugal (5,000), Spain (30,000) & the UK (400,000)!
24-year old British/Cypriot singer-songwriter,
Artemas vaults 6-2 on this week's United World Chart with his darkwave/alternative pop smash 'I Like The Way You Kiss Me', scoring another 272,000 points (up 18%) including (247,000) from streaming and 25,000 from sales!
"I Like the Way You Kiss Me" was released independently on 19 March 2024 and is from Artemas' debut mixtape 'Pretty' (2024). The song lifts 5-3 this week on the Billboard Global 200, 4-2 on theBillboard 200 Excl. US and 23-16 on the US Hot 100! It scores a 2nd week at #1 on the Official German chart, lifts 6-5 on the Official UK Singles Chart and rises 7-3 on the ARIA chart in Australia! It has also hit #1 in Austria, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland Slovakia & Switzerland so far, and is a top ten hit in Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, MENA, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden & the UAE!
Hozier's new smash hit "Too Sweet" scores the highest points increase this week on the United World Chart, up 10-5 after scoring 242,000 (up 37%) including 209,000 points from streaming, 26,000 points from sales, and 7,000 from airplay!
"Too Sweet" is the first track from Hozier's 5th EP 'Unheard' and has reached #1 on the Official UK Singles Chart, the IRMA chart in Ireland and the Official singles chart in New Zealand becoming his first No. 1 singlein all three countries! It has also reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, his 2nd top 10 single in the United States since "Take Me to Church" and #2 (+4) on this week's Billboard Global 200! It lifts 8-2 in Australia & 4-2 in Canada, and has so far reached #2 in Lithuania, #3 in Latvia, #5 in the Czech Republic, Greece & Norway, #6 in Austr #8 in Iceland & Switzerland, #9 in Sweden!
"Gata Only" by Chilean singers
Floyy Menor and
Cris MJ enters the United World Top 10 at #9 (+2) scoring 198.000 points in its 7th week on the chart!
"Gata Only" was independently released and went viral on TikTok, peaking at #48 on the US Hot 100! The song has reached #1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, dethroning Xavi's "La Diabla" after 14 weeks at #1, and becoming the first Chilean song since 1999 to reach the chart's top 10. "Gata Only" haspeaked at #10 on the Billboard Global 200 (10) and #6 on the Billboard Global Excl. US! The song has reached #1 in Chile, #2 in Ecuador & Peru, #3 in Argentina & Bolivia, #4 in Spain where it has been Platinum certified for 60,000 sales units, #5 in Mexico, #7 in Switzerland, #16 in Italy, #18 in Luxembourg, #51 in Austria & #64 in the Netherlands!
New Korean record-breaking group
ILLIT, formed by Belift Lab through the JTBC 2023 survival competition show 'R U Next?'shoots 15-11 on the United World Chart with their new debut single 'Magnetic', scoring another 177,000 points!
'Magnetic' is from ILLIT's debut EP 'Super Real Me' and debuted at No. 91 this week on the US Hot 100 with 6.2 million official U.S. streams (up 1%) and 428,000 radio audience impressions (up 43%) April 5-11, according toLuminate! The song is also a huge hit internationally, ranking at No. 3 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, a week after reaching No. 2, and lifts 8-6 this week on the Billboard Global 200!
"Magnetic" became the first K-pop debut song to enter the Official UK Singles Chart, debuting at #80! The song has so far reached #1 in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea & Taiwan, #2 in Malaysia, #3 on the Japan Hot 100 (Billboard), #6 in Indonesia & the Netherlands, #8 in the Philippines, No. 20 on New Zealand's RMNZ Hot Singles, #29 in Australia & #37 in Canada!
