Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" has rocketed to #1 on the United World Chart with 405,000 points, after breaking a string of records, including the Spotify record for the most single-day streams for a non-holiday song with over 17 million global Spotify streams on January 12! The Song also set a new record for most streams on Spotify in a single week with 65.873.080! "Driver's License" broke the record for the most requested song ever in one day and biggest 1st week streaming debut ever globally on Amazon Music! "Driver's License" marked the highest weekly streaming total in the world for a song by a female artist, with 130,060,000 streams, surpassing Mariah Carey's tally of 130,042,000 for "All I Want for Christmas Is You”.
Olivia's debut single was released on January 8, 2021, via Interscope Records and Geffen Records, as the lead single from her hugely awaited upcoming debut EP. Rodrigo personally penned the lyrics to "Driver's License" which are about her own personal feelings after a breakup, and the song was produced by Dan Nigro. Music critics, praised the lyrics, vocals and production. In the US, the song sold over 16,000 digital downloads in its first 3 days with over 21 million streams and has just been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000. The song debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as the best-selling and most streamed song of the week! "Drivers License" earned 76.1 million US streams, 38,000 digital downloads and 8.1 million airplay impressions in its opening week. Rodrigo became the youngest artist to go to #1 since Billie Eilish, who topped the chart with "Bad Guy" in August 2019. "Driver's License" also debuted atop the Billboard Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts. "Drivers License" also debuted atop both the Billboard Global and Global Excl. U.S. charts wth 130 million streams and 49,000 sales on the Billboard Global 200 chart, and 54.5 million streams and 12,000 sales on the Global Excl. U.S. chart. Internationally, "Drivers License" debuted at No.1 in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom. "Driver's License" debuted atop the UK Singles Chart on January 15, 2021 with 2.407 million total streams and on January 12, 2021, it broke the record for highest single-day streams in British history for a non-Christmas song, surpassing the previous record held by Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" (2017)! With 95,000 units moved in its first week, "Drivers License" also had the biggest opening week for a number-one debut atop the UK Singles Chart since Zayn Malik's "Pillowtalk" in 2016. In Australia, "Drivers License" debuted stop the ARIA Singles chart, becoming the first debut single to land atop the chart since Harry Styles' "Sign of the Times" in 2017. It also debuted at #2 in the Czech Republic & Slovakia, #3 in Hungary & Switzerland, #4 in Germany, #6 in Sweden and #10 in Spain!
BTS's "Dynamite" dips 1-2 with 226.000 points (down 7%) after 9 non-consecutive weeks at no.1! The song dips 1-3 on the Billboard Global 200 after a 4th record-tying week atop the chart with
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You". It dips 1-2 on the Global Excl. U.S. after 8 record-extending weeks at #1! "Dynamite" topped both Billboard Global charts simultaneously for 4 weeks, the longest double run at #1 in history! "Dynamite" is the Group's first english language bop and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first number-one single in the US, making history with BTS becoming the first all-South Korean act and 2nd Asian Act to top the Hot 100! "Dynamite" stayed atop the Hot 100 for 3 weeks. In South Korea, "Dynamite" topped the Gaon Digital and streaming charts for 11 non-consecutive weeks, the longest run at the top of all korean songs in 2020! The song also hit #1 in Colombia, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Scotland & Singapore. "Dynamite" debuted at #1 on Spotify Global with 7.778 million streams, marking the biggest opening-day for a song in 2020, and is the only song in 2020 to sell over 1 million downloads, scoring the biggest global sales debut of 2020!
The biggest hit of 2020 on the United World Chart is The Weeknd's mega smash hit, "Blinding Lights" which holds at #3 with 222,000 points. The song now ranks a 54th week inside the Top 10, an outstanding alltime record! "Blinding Lights" is also the Billboard Hot 100 Number One Song of the Year! Released in November 2019, "Blinding Lights" topped the United World Chart for 17 weeks. It leads the YEAR-END CHART 2020 with a total of 15,302,000 points!
Former No. 1, "Dákiti", by Bad Bunny feat. Jhay Cortez, dips 4-5 after scoring another 179,000 points and previously topping the chart for 2 weeks. It's the first song ever to simultaneously debut at #1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart and in the Top 10 of the US Hot 100! Bad Bunny was the #1 most streamed Act on Spotify in 2020!
