"Flowers" is the lead single from Miley's 8th studio album, 'Endless Summer Vacation', and was released on Friday 13, 2023 via Columbia Records. The track broke the record for the most-streamed song in a single week in Spotify history with 96 Million listens, going on to break its own record in its 2nd week, drawing another 115M incredible streams! "Flowers" became the fastest song to reach 100 Million plays on Spotify globally in less than 7 days, breaking the record previously held by BTS's "Butter" (8 days)! It is also the fastest song to reach 200M, 300M, 400M, 500M, 600M, 700M, 800M & 900 streams on Spotify! "Flowers" is the most streamed song of the first quarter of 2023, and spent its 1st 6 weeks atop the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US, the first song to top both charts for 6 consecutive weeks since Harry Styles’ “As It Was” reigned atop both charts for 9 weeks in a row in April-June 2022.
This week "Flowers" holds at on the Billboard Global 200 after 12 weeks atop the Global 200, the third-longest run at #1 since the Global 200 began, after Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15 weeks, 2022) and Mariah Carey's “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (13 weeks, 2020-23)! "Flowers" has so far scored 8 weeks with over 100M streams, the most frames over 100M from a song’s debut since The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” which scored 9 weeks of over 100 million globally in 2021. During its first 3 weeks, "Flowers" gained 179.1, 217.1 and 185.6 million streams worldwide consecutively, the 5th, 2nd and 4th biggest weeks ever for a song in Billboard Global 200 history! “Flowers” dips 4-5 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, after 13 weeks at #1, matching Harry Styles’ “As It Was” for the longest reign since the list began in September 2020! "Flowers" holds at #3 this week on the Billboard Hot 100 after 8 non consecutive weeks at #1, Miley's 2nd #1 after "Wrecking Ball in 2013! "Flowers" is the 1st song by a woman this decade with multiple weeks over 100M in airplay! It's the best-selling song in the US in 2023 so far in pure sales! In Canada, "Flowers debuted at #1 on the Canadian Hot 100, Miley's 2nd chart-topper after "Wrecking Ball", and dips 1-2 this week after 15 weeks at #1!
"Flowers" landed atop the Official UK Singles Chart with 92,000 chart units, powered by its 9.9 million streams, the biggest first week since Harry Styles' "As It Was" in April 2022! The song outdid itself in its 2nd week at #1, scoring 121,000 chart units and over 13 Million streams! It's Miley's' third UK #1 after "We Can't Stop" and "Wrecking Ball", both from 2013. "Flowers" is #12 this week after 10 straight weeks at #1, and has already been certified Platinum for 600,000 sales units in Gt. Britain! It's the N1 song of 2023 in the UK! In Australia "Flowers" debuted atop the ARIA Singles Chart, becoming Cyrus's first #1 single ever, and held atop the chart for a 12th week, at #3 this week! It's the #1 song down under of 2023 so far! The song debuted at #2 in Germany and lifted to #1 in its 2nd week then slipped back to #2. It is #3 in its 16th week on the chart! It has also reached #1 in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan (Billboard), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland & Vietnam! The Song has so far reached #2 in Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Spain, Suriname & Ukraine, #3 in Argentina, Ecuador, Honduras & Italy, #4 in Colombia & India, #5 in Chile, #6 in Uruguay, #8 in Indonesia & Nicaragua, #9 in Taiwan & #10 in Puerto Rico! It has already been certified Diamond in France (333,333) and 3x Platinum in Australia (210,000), Canada (240,000) & Spain (180,000), 2x Platinum in Mexico (280,000, New Zealand (60,000), Poland (100,000) & Switzerland (40,000), Platinum in Austria (30,000), Denmark (90,000), Germany (400,000), Greece (2M streams), Italy (100,000), Portugal (10,000), Sweden (8M streams) and the UK (600,000)!
Grupo Frontera & Bad Bunny's new regional mexican smash hit "Unx100to" lifts to a new peak, up 3-2 on the United World chart with 286,000 points! Bad Bunny and Grupo Frontera join forces for the 1st time returning to the Desert in their ‘Un x100to’ Performance Video! Outside of a desolate ranch, the musicians sing about using the last 1% of their phone battery to call their exes. In an interview with Zane Lowe, Bad Bunny expressed his love for the band and explained how important it is for the world to be exposed to other Latin music genres besides "reggaeton and perreo and urban music". The artist posted a TikTok of him dancing to the song on April 16, 2023, his first appearance on the app in four months. Produced by Latin "hitmaker" Edgar Barrer and Puerto Rican-Dominican producer Mag Borrero, the song features a fusion of "captivating percussion" and Grupo Frontera's signature "accordion melody".
The fun song holds atop the Billboard Global 200 & Billboard Global Excl'US for a 2nd week with 99.5 million streams (down 10%) and 3,000 sold (down 28%) globally from April 28-May 4 according to Luminate! It's Grupo Frontera's first chart topper and Bad Bunny's 2nd! This week "Unx100to" is #7 on the Hot 100 Top 10 in America after peaking last week at #5 and has reached #1 in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador & Peru, #2 on US hot Latin Songs, Colombia & Mexico, #70 in Canada and #77 in Switzerland.
"Ella Baila Sola" by Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma dips 2-3 on the United World chart with 284,000 points in its 7th week on the list! The song holds at 2 on the Billboard Global 200 chart after becoming the first Regional mexican song to top the Billboard Global 200 and the first number-one single for a Mexican artist. It dips 2-3 on the Billboard Global Excl. US! Eslabon Armado, from California, and Peso Pluma, from Mexico, both top the Global 200 for the first time as artists. It’s also the fourth all-Spanish-language leader on the list, following Karol G and Shakira’s “TQG,” which ruled for a week upon its debut in March; Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” (4 weeks, 2022); and “Dákiti” by Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez (now Jhayco; (3 weeks in 2020). After going viral on TikTok the track became the first regional Mexican song in history to reach the top 10 & Top 5 of the US Billboard Hot 100, and lifts to a new peak this week, up 5-4, the highest position on the chart for any Mexican artist. The song reached #1 on the US Hot Latin Songs chart for the week of 15 April 2023. It has also reached #1 in Colombia & Mexico, #2 in El Salvador, #3 in Bolivia, #4 in Ecuador, #12 in Chile, #18 in Peru, #43 in Argentina & #44 in Spain! The song has been certified 4x Platinum (Latin) by the RIAA for 240,000 sales units!
New Korean singing sensation Fifty Fifty lifts 7-4 on the United World chart, reaching a new peak and scoring another 279.000 points, this week's biggest Points Increase in its 5th week on the chart! Cupid" lifts 8-5 on the Billboard Global 200 this week, entering the Top 5 for the first time, up 38% to 77.7 million streams and 54% to 4,000 sold globally. Fifty Fifty is just the fifth Korean group to enter the chart's top-5 after BTS, Blackpink, Big Bang and NewJeans. "Cupid" lifts -8-6 this week on the Billboard Global Excl. US! Cupid" became the fastest K-pop song to enter the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #19 this week and the first K-pop girl group song to reach the top ten in the UK at #9! It has topped the charts in Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore & Vietnam and reached #2 in Australia and the Philippines, #3 in India, #5 in Hong Kong, #7 in Canada, #11 in Korea, Luxembourg & Taiwan, #16 in Ireland, #17 in Lithuania, #21 in Norway, #43 in Austria, #50 in Switzerland, #57 in Portugal, #62 in the Netherlands, #75 in Germany, #86 in Sweden, #143 in France! The song has been certified Gold in Canada (40,000 units).
"La Bebe" by 23 year-old reggaeton star Yng Lvcas dips 4-5 on the United World chart after peaking at 3. It scores another 261.000 points in its 7th week on the list! “La Bebe” holds at its peak at #3 on this week's Billboard Global 200 and lifts 3-2 on the Billboard Global Excl. US! The song dips 1 spot from its peak, down 11-12 on the US Hot 100! It has so far reached #1 in Mexico, #2 in Ecuador & America on Hot Latin Songs, #3 in Bolivia, Colombia & Peru, #4 in Honduras, #5 in Argentina & Chile & #55 in Spain!
"Die For You" by The Weeknd dips 5-6 on this week's United World chart after peaking at #2, earning another 215,000 points in its 31st week on the chart, powered by its Remix with Ariana Grande! "Die For You" is from Abel's 3rd studio album 'Starboy' (2016). Following the release of the remix with Ariana Grande, the song went viral on TikTok and reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the 7th No. 1 hit for both The Weeknd and Grande! It broke the record for longest climb to number one on the Hot 100 for a non-holiday song in history over 6 years after release. It also broke the record for the longest wait between Hot 100 number one singles from the same album (6 years and 2 months). The Weeknd joined Michael Jackson as the only male soloist in history to have multiple number one hits on the Hot 100 from three albums. Grande surpassed Paul McCartney as the artist with the most #1 duets in Hot 100 history! "Die For You" holds at 8 this week on the Hot 100! The song dips 6-8 on the Billboard Global 200 after peaking at #2 and slips 6-8 on the Billboard Global Excl.US. The Remix has reached #1 so far in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam and landed at #2 in Canada, Japan on the Hot Overseas Billboard chart, Luxembourg and New Zealand, #3 in Greece & Indonesia, #4 in Lithuania, #6 in Norway, #7 in Romania & South Africa, #8 in Sweden, #10 in France, #11 in Peru & Poland, #13 in Croatia, Hong Kong & Taiwan, #18 in Mexico, #25 in Bolivia & Brazil, #39 in Suriname, #40 in Belgium (Flanders) and #160 in Korea. The original Song has been certified 8x Platinum in Canada (640,000), 5x Platinum in the US for 5 Million units, 3x Platinum in New Zealand (90,000) & Portugal (30,000), 2x Platinum in Australia (140,000) & Greece (4M streams), Platinum in Denmark (90,000), France (200k), Italy (100k), Poland (50,000) and the UK (600,000) and Gold in Germany (200,000) & Spain (30k)!
Nigerian Superstar Rema's "Calm Down" with Selena Gomez rebounds 8-7 on the United World Chart, after peaking at 5, earning another 192,000 points in its 36th week on the chart! "Calm Down" is from Rema's debut studio album 'Rave & Roses' (2022), and was released on February 11, 2022, via Jonzing World and Mavin as the album's 2nd single. The song charted across Europe, reaching number one on the Belgian Ultratop 50, Dutch Top 40 and Dutch Single Top 100. The hugely successful remix with Selena Gomez was released on 25 August, 2022 and went straight to #1 on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart and peaked at #3 on the Global 200 chart! The song holds at #7 on this week's Global 200 and #7 on the Billboard Global Excl.US! The new Remix version has been #1 on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart for 36 incredible weeks and is the longest-charting #1 single of All Time! The song reached a new peak at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with Rema making history, becoming the 1st African Artist to reach the Hot 100 Top 5 as a lead artist!
The "Calm Down" Remix with Selena Gomez has so far reached #1 in Belgium, Canada, India, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa & Switzerland, #2 in Bulgaria, France & Poland, #4 in Greece, Sweden (Heatseeker) & Billboard UK, #5 in Ireland, #6 in Hungary, Nicaragua & Slovakia, #7 in New Zealand, #8 in Chile & Malaysia, #9 in Paraguay, #10 in Latvia, #11 in Austria, El Salvador, & Romania, #13 in Croatia, #15 in Uruguay, #16 in Mexico, #17 in Germany, #18 in Russia, #22 in Spain, #23 in Peru, #24 in Lithuania, #38 in Iceland and #55 in the Czech Republic! “Calm Down” has been certified Diamond in France for 333,333 units, 5x Platinum in Canada (400,000, 3x Platinum in Portugal, (30,000), 2x Platinum in Belgium (80,000), Poland (100,000), Spain (120,000) and the US (2M), Platinum in Italy (100,000), the UK (600,000) and New Zealand (30,000) and Gold in Austria (15.000), Denmark (45,000), Germany (200,000) & the Netherlands (40,000)! Its also been certified Gold in Greece for 1M streams!
SZA's "Kill Bill" dips 6-8 on the United World chart scoring another 177.000 points in its 21st week on the chart after debuting at #1! "Kill Bill" is from SZA's 2nd studio album, 'SOS' and gets its title from Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), a martial arts film duology about wanting revenge on an ex-boyfriend by murdering him and his new girlfriend out of jealousy. The critically acclaimed song achieved major success on streaming services, becoming SZA's first No. 1 on the US Streaming Songs and Billboard Global 200 chart! The song held at #1 on the Billboard Global 200 for 2 whole weeks and dips 5-6 this week! "Kill Bill" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #3 and spent 8 weeks at #2, before reaching #1 2 weeks ago! It's her first No. 1 on the chart ever! This week the song dips 1-2 in the US! On US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, "Kill Bill" broke the record for the longest time a female lead artist spent on top, with 17 weeks. The song has reached #1 in six countries so far including Australia (Sza's 1st #1), Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines & Singapore! It hit #3 in Canada, Ireland, MENA & the UK, #4 in Iceland, Japan on the Overseas Billboard chart & Vietnam, #5 in Greece, Norway, Portugal & Sweden, #7 in Denmark, #8 in South Africa, #9 in Luxembourg, #10 in Slovakia, #12 in India & Switzerland, #15 in Hungary & the Netherlands, #16 in Finland, #17 in Germany and #19 in Austria! The song has been certified 3x Platinum in Australia (210,000) & the US (3M units), 2x Platinum in New Zealand (60,000), Platinum in Portugal (10,000) the UK (600,000 units) and gold in Denmark (45,000), France (100,000), Italy (50,000), Poland (25,000) & Mexico (70,000) )! It has been certified Platinum for streaming in Greece (2M streams) and Gold in Sweden (4M streams)!
Metro Boomin's dope track "Creepin" with The Weeknd and 21Savage rebounds 10-9 on the United World Chart, after scoring another 169,000 points in its 22nd week on the chart! Creepin'" was released via Republic Records and Boominati Worldwide as the lead single from Metro Boomin's amazing starstudded 2nd studio album, 'Heroes & Villains', on December 5, 2022. It prominently interpolates "I Don't Wanna Know" (2004) by Mario Winans featuring Enya and PDiddy which in turn samples the synthesizer riff from Enya's song "Boadicea". "Creepin'" also includes background vocals from Winans from the sample, as well as Travis Scott, who is a close friend and frequent collaborator of all three artists. "Creepin'" reached #3 on the Billboard Global 200, and #3 on the Billboard hot 100! It rebounds 7-6 this week in the US! The song hit #1 in Canada, Greece, Lithuania, Malaysia, Russia & Singapore, #2 in Belgium (Wallonia), Iceland, Lebanon, MENA, the Netherlands, Poland & Romania, #3 in Denmark, Luxemburg & South Africa, #4 in Portugal & Slovakia, #5 in Suriname, #6 in New Zealand & Switzerland, #7 Australia, Czech Republic, Norway & the UK, #8 France, Ireland & Sweden, #10 in Germany & Hungary, #12 in Ukraine #13 in Austria, #14 in Croatia & Finland, #17 in the Philippines, #27 in Vietnam and #37 in Italy! "Creepin'" has so far been certified 3x Platinum in Canada (240,000), 2x Platinum in Greece (4M streams), Platinum in France (200,000), New Zealand (30,000), Portugal (10,000) and the US (1M) and Gold in Denmark (45,000), Germany (200,000), Italy (50,000), Poland (25,000) and the UK (400,000)!
'TQG' (an acronym for "Te Quedó Grande") by KaRoL G & Shakira dips 6-8 in its 10th week on the United World chart with 166,000 points! “TQG” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 158.4 million streams and 10,000 sold worldwide in the Feb. 24-March 2 tracking week as per Luminate, the 10th-best streaming week since the Global 200 began! The collab is from Karol G’s new album 'Mañana Será Bonito', which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart, becoming the first all-Spanish-language leader by a woman in the chart’s history! 'TQG' is Karol G's first Global 200 No. 1 after 4 top 10s, following “Provenza” (No. 6, May 2022); “MAMIII,” with Becky G (No. 4, March 2022); and “Bichota” (No. 7, January 2021). It's also Shakira's first Global 200 leader since the chart began, and 2nd Top 10 after her Bizarrap collab “Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” which debuted at its No. 2 where it held for three weeks in January. "TQG" debuted at #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart dated March 11, 2023, becoming Karol G's 1st and Shakira's 6th top ten on the chart. "TQG" debuted atop the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs, becoming Karol's 6th and Shakira's 13th number one on the chart. The song has hit #1 in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain & Uruguay! It has reached #2 in Argentina, Bolivia & Guatemala, #3 in Brazil, #5 in Switzerland, #8 in Venezuela, #11 in Luxembourg, #12 in Portugal, #13 in Hungary, #19 in Sweden (Heatseeker), #24 in New Zealand, #25 in Croatia, #30 in Suriname, #33 in Canada, #40 in Ireland, #44 in Italy, #46 in Greece, #93 in France, ! "TQG" has been certified 3xPlatinum in Spain for 180,000 sales units!
