Italian rock Group Måneskin tops this week's United World Chart with their cover of The 4 Seasons hit "Beggin" (1967) from their EP 'Chosen' (2017)! "Beggin'" rises to #1 in its 5th week on the United World Chart with 335,000 points, a 5% increase compared to last week. It's the first time ever, a song from Italy reigns the United World Chart! "Beggin" scored 286,000 points from streaming last week, and reigns atop the Global Spotify Chart. The sold another 40,000 units and attracted 9,000 points from airplay. The Song has reached #1 on the weekly charts in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Slovakia and Switzerland, and Top 5 in Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Sweden, and Top 10 in Canada, Philippines, Singapore and the UK! Maneskin is the first Italian act and the first Eurovision-associated act to have two songs in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart simultaneously! "Beggin" has reached #41 on the Billboard US Hot 100 thus week, and has peaked at #3 on the Billboard Global 200 and #4 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts!
Maneskin rose to Global Stardom this year after winning the Eurovision Song Contest with their smash hit "Zitti E Buoni" which slips to #56 this week with 64,000 points, after peaking at No. 15 six weeks ago. Måneskin's latest track, "I Wanna Be Your Slave" slips 12-14 on the United World Chart with 161,000 points.
Ed Sheeran's "Bad Habits" lifts 3-2 on the United World Chart with a 7% boost to 326,000 points! Released on 25 June 2021 via Asylum Records as the lead single off Ed's hugely awaited upcoming 5th studio album, the song marks his first solo release off an album in over 4 years. A limited edition CD single was also released, just featuring the one track! the US, "Bad Habits" debuted at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, with 38.8 million airplay audience impressions, 17.7 million streams and 33,200 sold and opened at #2 on Digital Song Sales and #6 on Streaming Songs. The song became Sheeran's 8th top 10 in the US and 1st since 2019. "Bad Habits" holds at No. 6 on the Hot 100 this week. It's the top Airplay Gainer, lifting 10-9 on Radio Songs (49.8 million, up 15%). "Bad Habits" is #1 for a 3rd week on the official UK chart and Irish Irma Chart and topped the ARIA chart in Australia for its 1st 2 weeks! "Bad Habits" has also reached #1 in Belgium (Flanders), Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland, #2 in Hungary, Iceland, Singapore, Sweden and the Billboard Global 200 chart, #3 in Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark & Slovakia, #4 in Finland & India, #5 in Lithuania & Russia, #6 in Croatia, #7 in Mexico, #8 in Greece, #9 in Poland and #10 in Uruguay.
BTS's new "Permission To Dance" debuts at No. 3 on the United World Chart with 324,000 points, the highest debut of the week! The song attracted 170.8 million streams and sold 138,600 units, and is the best-selling song of the past week globally. "Permission To Dance" was released through Big Hit Music and Sony Music on July 9, 2021, as a stand-alone single. The song is part of the CD release of BTS's previous single "Butter", and is the band's 3rd English-language single and 11th song overall, to enter the Global Top 10. BTS' “Permission To Dance” debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, their 5th chart topper. BTS are the 1st band to earn four #1 debuts on the US Hot 100, and the Act with the most #1 s of the Decade! It's their 5th #1 hit following "Butter","Dynamite", "Life Goes On" and "Savage Love Remix"! "Permission To Dance" replaced BTS' own "Butter" atop the chart. It's the group's 5th Hot 100 leader! "Permission to Dance," released on HYBE/BigHit Entertainment/Columbia Records, dropped July 9 and drew 15.9 million U.S. streams and 1.1 million radio airplay audience impressions selling 140,100 downloads in the week ending July 15, according to MRC Data. The track debuted atop the Digital Song Sales chart, BTS' eighth No. 1, extending the act's record for the most among groups. It also debuts at No. 8 on Streaming Songs. BTS has had 5 Hot 100 No. 1s in 10 months and two weeks, the quickest time since Michael Jackson scored 5 from his album 'Bad' in 9 months and 2 weeks in 1987-88! The Song is this week's #1 on the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. US. It also debuted at #1 in India, Japan & Singapore! "Permission To Dance" also debuted at #6 in Australia, #10 in Canada, #8 in New Zealand, #9 in Korea, #16 in Lithuania & UK, #17 in Ireland, #23 in Germany & Switzerland, #25 in the Czech Republic, #26 in Slovakia and #28 in Austria.
After 6 consecutive weeks atop the United World Chart, Olivia Rodrigo's "good 4 u" slips 1 - 4 with 312,000 points. With the 9 weeks at #1 of 'drivers license', Rodrigo ruled the Global Chart for 15 out of 28 weeks this year! Released on May 14, 2021, by Geffen and Interscope Records as the 3rd single from Rodrigo's debut studio album, ‘SOUR’, the song was written by Rodrigo and its producer Dan Nigro, and addresses a former lover who moved on too soon after their breakup". “good 4 u” debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 with 43.2 million U.S. streams and 12,000 downloads in the week ending May 20, giving Rodrigo her 2nd #1 song in America, following her 8-week chart-topper "drivers license". 'SOUR' became the first debut album in history to have 2 songs debuting at #1. After one week atop the Hot 100, “good 4 u” dipped to #2 for the next 6 consecutive weeks behind BTS's "Butter". The track debuted atop the Billboard Streaming Songs chart as Rodrigo's 2nd leader, and ruled for 7 weeks after "drivers license" ruled for 4. "good 4 u" also reached #1 on the Rolling Stone Top 100, her 2nd leader after "Drivers License". On its 6th week at #1, Rodrigo became the female artist with the most consecutive weeks atop the chart". "good 4 u" has been certified Platinum in the US for 1 Million sales units. The Song also peaked at #1 in Canada where it has been certified Platinum for 80,000 sales units! "good 4 U" accumulated 1 Million streams in the UK in its 1st 3 days, and lifted 2-1 In its 2nd week, becoming Rodrigo's 2nd #1 single after "drivers license". In her 3rd week atop the Official chart, Rodrigo made UK Chart history becoming the 1st female artist to score 3 hits in the Official Top 5 simultaneously with good 4 u at #1 for a 3rd week while deja vu lifted to #4 and traitor hit #5! "good 4 u" reigned over the Official Singles Chart for 5 consecutive weeks and has been certified Platinum in the UK for 600,000 sales units! In Ireland, "Good 4 U" scored Rodrigo's 2nd number one song on the Official Irish Singles Chart, following "Drivers License" and spent 5 consecutive weeks at #1 in Ireland. "Good 4 U" topped the singles chart in New Zealand and has been certified Platinum for 30,000 and in Australia, "Good 4 U" rose to #1 in its 2nd week and spent 5 consecutive weeks at #1! The song has been certified 2x Platinum down under for sales of 140,000. The single also peaked at #1 in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan (on the Billboard Hot Overseas Chart), the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia & Switzerland! It has so far reached #2 in Sweden & Malaysia, #3 in Finland, #5 in India, #6 in Brazil, #7 in Lithuania, #13 in Spain where it has been certified Gold for 20,000, #18 in Bolivia & Panama, #20 in Belgium (Wallonia), #21 in France, #27 in Argentina and #29 in Italy where it has been certified Gold for 35,000. "good 4 u" has reached 500 MILLION streams on Spotify, the fastest song to reach the milestone in Spotify history!
Former chart topper, BTS’s “Butter”, holds at #5 in its 8th week on the United World Chart with 302,000 points, the largest points increase this week! Released on May 21, 2021 via Big Hit and Sony Music, it's the band’s 2nd English-language single. “Butter” set a new all-time record, winning a Guinness Record for the biggest song debut in Spotify history with 11.042 million first day streams, breaking Ed Sheeran's & Justin Bieber’s first day record of 10,977 million streams with “I Don’t Care”. “Butter” also broke the record for the fastest song in history to reach 100 Million streams, surpassing the mark on its 8th day! ”Butter” debuted atop the US Hot 100, giving BTS its 4th No. 1 in just 9 months, with the group becoming the fastest artist since Justin Timberlake in 2007 and the fastest group since the Jackson 5 in 1970 to score four Number 1s! “Butter” drew 32.2 million streams and 242,800 downloads with 18.1 Million radio audience airplay in its 1st week in the US, marking BTS’ 7th N° 1 on the Digital Song Sales Chart, the biggest sales week since “Dynamite”! "Butter" is #1 on the Hot 100 for a 7th week, the group’s longest run at #1, surpassing “Dynamite’s 3 week run at #1! "Butter" also scores a 7th week atop the Digital Song Sales chart. “Butter” has sold over 1,073,400 Units in America this year! “Butter” debuted at #1 on the Gaon Digital, Streaming & Download charts in Korea and held for 5 weeks on the Digital chart. The song debuted at #1 on the Oricon Weekly Digital Singles Chart with 52.821 downloads, marking the biggest weekly streaming debut in Oricon chart history. "Butter" became the band's third song to exceed 10 million streams in a single week, making BTS the artist with the most songs (three, including "Dynamite" and "Film Out") to achieve this in Oricon chart history! The song has been certified Silver in Japan for 30 Million streams! « Butter » has also reached #1 in India, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore and Billboard’s Global 200. The song debuted at #2 on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Singles Chart! In the UK, “Butter” debuted at #3, the best-selling song on the component Downloads Chart! “Butter” has so far peaked at #2 in Canada & Hungary, #3 in Brazil, #4 in Portugal & Slovakia, #5 in Costa Rica, the Czech Republic & Panama, #6 in Australia, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Greece & New Zealand, #7 in Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, France, Ireland & Switzerland and #8 in Israel.
"Stay" by The Kid LAROI. & Justin Bieber debuts at #6 on the United World Chart with 267.000 units. The song was released via Grade A Productions and Columbia Records on 9 July 2021 as the lead single from Laroi's hugely awaited 'F*ck Lov3 (Over You)'. The song was produced by Blake Slatkin, Cashmere Cat, Charlie Puth, and Omer Fedi. It was written by the two artists and the producers, alongside Subhaan Rahmaan and FnZ members Michael Mule and Isaac De Boni. "Stay" marks the 2nd collab between Laroi and Bieber, following "Unstable", off Bieber's 6th studio album, 'Justice', in March 2021. "Stay" debuted this week atop the ARIA Singles Chart, Laroi's 2nd N. 1 single after "Without You" topped the chart for a week in May, and Bieber's 5th. "Stay" also debuted atop the New Zealand Singles Chart, securing Laroi's first #1 single there and Bieber's 11th! It also debuted at #1 in Canada, Netherlands, Sweden and the US on the Rolling Stone Top 100. The Song debuted at #2 on the Billboard Global 200 and at #3 on the Billboard US Hot 100 with 34.7 million streams, 12.9 million in radio audience and 12,000 sold. The song marks Kid Laroi's 2nd top 10 after "Without You," with Miley Cyrus, which hit No. 8 in May, his highest peak ever on the chart! Bieber scores his 24th Hot 100 top 10. He's the 13th artist with at least 24! "Stay" debuted atop Billboard Streaming Songs, The Kid LAROI's first No. 1 and Bieber's 6th, and landed at No. 5 on US Digital Song Sales. "Stay" has also debuted at #3 in Denmark, Ireland & Singapore, #5 in Austria and the UK on the Official Singles Chart, making it Laroi's second top 10 hit and Bieber's 27th. The song landed at #6 in Belgium, Finland & Switzerland, #7 in the Czech Republic & Slovakia and #8 in Germany!
The Weeknd's "Save Your Tears" drops 4-7 this week after scoring another 259,000 points! After the huge success of 'Blinding Lights' last year, which topped the Year-End Chart with an incredible 15,302,000 points, the Canadian Superstar reigns atop the United World Mid Year Chart with 'Save Your Tears'. The song has generated 6,951,000 points in 2021 so far, more than any other song during this time. “Blinding Lights” is no.26 in its 85th week on the United World Chart! “Save Your Tears” lifted to #1 on the United World Chart in its 16th week and ruled for 3 weeks, following its Remix with Ariana Grande, released on April 22, 2021. It also lifted to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it ruled for 2 weeks. “Save Your Tears” was first released on August 9, 2020 as the 4th and final Single from the Weeknd’s chart topping album ‘After Hours’ and has also reached #1 in Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Singapore, Slovenia and the Billboard Global 200! The song has peaked at #2 on the US Rolling Stone Top 100 and #2 in Chile, Ireland and the UK, #3 in Australia, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden & Switzerland, #4 in Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy & Slovakia, #5 in Germany, Greece & Romania, #6 in France, India & Russia, #7 in El Salvador & Puerto Rico, #8 in Brazil & Uruguay and #9 in Bolivia, Honduras & New Zealand. “Save Your Tears” has been certified 3x Platinum in the US for over 3 Million sales units, 3x Platinum in Canada for 240,000, 3x Platinum in Australia for 210,000 units, 2x times Platinum in Italy for 140,000, 2x times Platinum in Norway for 120,000, Platinum in Belgium (40,000), Denmark (90,000), New Zealand (30,000), Portugal (10,000), Spain (40,000) and the UK (600,000) aand Gold in Germany (200,000)! The song has also been certified gold in Greece for over 1 Million streams!
Doja Cat’s "Kiss Me More" ft. SZA holds at #8 scoring another 231,000 points in its 14th week on the United World Chart. "Kiss Me More" was released on April 9, 2021, via Kemosabe and RCA Records as the lead single from Doja Cat's 3rd studio album ’Planet Her’! It was written by Doja Cat, SZA, Tizhimself, Dr. Luke, Carter Lang, and producers Roget Chahayed Rogét and Yeti Beats. The song was a No. 1 hit in Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore, and reached #2 in Australia, Ireland, Lithuania and the US on the Rolling Stone Top 100. "Kiss Me More" has peaked at #3 in Finland, the Billboard Global 200, the UK and the US Hot 100. This week the song slips 4-5 on the Hot 100. "Kiss Me More" has reached #4 in Denmark & Norway, #5 in Canada, Croatia, El Salvador, Greece & Serbia, #6 in the Czech Republic, #7 in the Netherlands and #9 in Israel & Slovakia! "Kiss Me More" has been certified Platinum in Australia (70,000) & New Zealand (30,000) and Gold in Denmark (45,000), Portugal (5,000), Switzerland (10,000) & the UK (400,000)!
Lil Nas X's "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" slips 6-9 in its 16th week on the United World Chart with 226,000 points. Released on March 26, via Columbia Records, it’s Lil Nas’ 2nd United World Chart topper, following his 2019 smash hit “Old Town Rd” ft. Billy Ray Cyrus which held at #1 on the United World Chart for 13 weeks, topping the United World Year End Chart! “Montero” debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 and the Rolling Stone Top 100! "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" drops 5-8 this week on the US Hot 100, after topping the Hot 100 for 1 week! The song also hit #1 in Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, the UK and the Billboard Global 200 chart where it held at #1 for multiple weeks! It also peaked at #2 in Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia & Switzerland, at #3 in Singapore, #4 in Iceland & Sweden, #5 in Costa Rica, Mexico & Spain, #8 in Croatia, #9 in Brazil and Japan on the Billboard Hot Overseas chart and #10 in Italy and Malaysia! The Song has been certified 2x Platinum in the US for sales of 2 Million units, 2x Platinum in Australia (140,000), Platinum in Italy (70,000), New Zealand (30,000), Portugal (10,000), Spain (40,000) and the UK for 600,000 sales units! “Montero” has been certified Gold in Belgium (20,000), Denmark (45,000), Poland (10,000), Switzerland (10,000) and Platinum in Greece for 2 Million streams and Sweden for 8 Million streams!
Dua Lipa's "Levitating" drops 7-10 in its 39th week on the United World Chart after scoring another 221,000 points and was #3 on the United World mid year Rank with 5,361,000 points so far. The Song, which is about "levitating" when falling in love, with several outer space references, hit #1 in Bulgaria and Croatia, #2 in the Czech Republic & Hungary, #3 in Greece & Poland, #4 in Australia, Ireland & Slovakia, #5 in New Zealand, #6 in Lithuania & Singapore, #7 in Norway, #8 in Chile & Malaysia and #10 in Lebanon. A Remix of "Levitating" ft. DaBaby was released on October 1st, 2020 and helped the song lift to #1 in Canada, #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 & Global 200, #3 on the Rolling Stone Top 100 and #5 in the UK! "Levitating" dips 3-4 on the Hot 100 this week, as it claims a 4th week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (79.9 million. The Song was certified 3x Platinum in Australia (210,000 units), 3x Platinum in Canada (240,000), 2x Platinum in Brazil (80,000), New Zealand (60,000) and the US (2,000,000), Platinum in Denmark (90,000), Italy (70,000), Portugal (10,000), Spain (40,000) & the UK (600,000) and Gold in Belgium (20,000) and Norway (30,000)
