SAM SMITH and Kim Petras' "UNHOLY" has landed at #1 on the United World Chart, scoring 266,000 points in its 1st week, with 228,000 from global streaming, 30,000 points from sales and 8,000 points from airplay, over 8 years after Sam's "Stay With Me" first landed at no.1! "Unholy" has also landed atop the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl'US and at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week! Released on September 22, 2022 as the lead single from Sam's upcoming 4th studio album, "Unholy" has landed at #1 in the UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand. The song has peaked at #2 so far in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania & Singpore, at #3 in Finland, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland and at #4 in Germany, Iceland & Luxembourg, #6 in Croatia, #7 in Sweden, #8 in Brazil, #9 in Malaysia, #14 in the Philippines, #17 in Indonesia, #18 in Italy, #28 in the Netherlands, #29 in France, #38 in Belgium (Flanders), #39 in Hungary and #46 in Belgium Wallonia!
Harry Styles' 'As It Was' holds at #2 after 22 non consecutive weeks atop the United World chart, scoring another 262,000 points, just 4 points less than "Unholy"! "As It Was" holds the record for the longest run in United World chart history (22 weeks), and is the World's the top-selling song of 2022, at #1 on the United World year-to-date list, followed by Glass Animals' 'Heat Waves' & The Kid LAROI. & Justin Bieber's "Stay"! "As It Was" earned the Guinness World Records title for the most streamed track on Spotify within 24 hours by a male artist, and broke the Apple Music streaming record for most 1st-day streams for a 2022 release. It's the fastest song to reach 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 & 900 Million streams on Spotify, the fastest Solo song to reach a Billion, and the fastest Song to reach 1.2 Billion and 1.3 Billion streams! Harry Styles' As It Was is #2 this week on the Hot 100 and becomes the 1st song in history to spend half a year in the top 3, without ever leaving the region! It's the longest-running #1 song of the decade in the US, the longest running #1 solo song of All Time and the 3rd longest running #1 Song in Hot 100 history! "As It Was" is also the top selling song of the year in the UK and held at #1 for 10 consecutive weeks! It's Harry's 2nd UK #1 hit, after "Sign of the Times". "As It Was" topped the ARIA Singles Chart for 7 weeks, and reached #1 in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden & Switzerland! The song has reached #2 in Argentina, Bolivia, Finland, Japan (Billboard Hot Overseas), Norway, Peru, Russia & South Africa! It's a top 5 hit in Costa Rica, Indonesia, Italy, Panama, Paraguay & the Philippines, and a top 10 hit in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Spain, Uruguay & Vietnam. The Song has been certified Diamond in France (333.333), 4x Platinum in Australia (280.000), 2x Platinum in Italy (200.000), Mexico (280.000), New Zealand (60.000), (Portugal (20.000), Spain (120.000), Switzerland (40.000), UK (1.2000.000 and the US (2 Million) and Platinum in Austria (30.000) & Denmark (90,000). It's already Gold in Germany (200.000) and has also been certified Platinum in Greece for 2M streams!
Last week's chart-topper, BLACKPINK's "SHUT DOWN", holds in the Top 3 for a 2nd week, at #3 this week, scoring another 211,000 points in its 2nd week. "Shut Down" is #4 on this week's Billboard Global 200 and #3 on the Billboard Global Excl'US after landng at #1 last week on both charts! "SHUT DOWN" has hit #1 in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore & Taiwan, #4 in India, #5 in Australia, #6 in New Zealand, #7 in Canada, #11 in Lithuania, #16 in Peru, #17 in Slovakia, #18 in Luxembourg & #20 in Romania. It debuted at #22 in Portugal & Turkey, at #23 in Japan, at #24 on the Official UK chart and at #25 on the US Hot 100!
David Guetta's "I'm Good (Blue)" with Bebe Rexha lifts to a new peak at #4 on this week's United World Chart, scoring another 210.000 points and this week's largest points increase (up 18.5%) in its 5th week on the chart! "Im Good" lifts 3-2 this week on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl'US! The song has hit #1 in the UK where is has been certified silver for 200,000 sales Units and has topped the weekly charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK, and reaching #2 in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Slovakia, #3 in Austria, Ecuador, Germany & Iceland, #4 in Bulgaria, Lithuania & New Zealand, #5 in Argentina,#6 in Mexico, #7 in France, Italy & Paraguay, #9 in South Africa and #10 in Singapore! The song has reached #21 on the US Hot 100, becoming Guetta's tenth and Rexha's 7th top 40 hit. It's Guetta's first top 40 song in the US since 2017's "2U"!
OneRepublic's "I Ain't Worried" dips from its peak at 4 to #5 on this week's United World Chart, scoring another 197.000 points (up 1.5%) in its 14th week on the chart! "I Ain't Worried" has peaked at #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 becoming their 4th top 10 hit there. In Canada the song has peaked at #4. "I Ain't Worried" has reached #1 in Iceland and New Zealand, at #2 in Australia, Belgium Wallonia & Bulgaria, Lebanon, #3 in Belgium Flanders, Malaysia & Singapore, #4 in Canada, #5 in Ireland, Lithuaia & the Netherlands, #6 in Slovakia, Switzerland & Taiwan, #10 in Greece, #11 in Austria, #12 in Denmark, #13 in Finland & #19 in Germany.
"Bzrp Music Sessions Vol.52" by Argentine record producer and DJ Bizarrap and Spanish singer and rapper Quevedo dips 5-6 on the United World Chart after 5 consecutive weeks at #2 and after scoring another 186,000 points in its 12th week on the chart! "Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" reached #1 in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru & Spain. The song hit #1 on the Billboard Global 200 in its 2nd week! On the Billboard Hot 100, "Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" has at #82 and on the US Hot Latin Songs chart at number #12!
Previous chart-topper, BLACKPINK’s "Pink Venom" slips 3-7 on the United World Chart after 2 consecutive weeks at #1, scoring another 185.000 points. It’s the 1st song by a K-Pop Girl Group to top the United World chart in history, and spend multiple weeks at #1! "Pink Venom" is the lead single from the group's sophomore album, 'Born Pink' and is a huge commercial success, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart for two weeks, becoming their first #1 hit on the chart. In South Korea, the track topped Billboard's Songs chart and peaked at #2 on the Circle Digital Chart. It became the first song by a K-pop group to top Australia's ARIA Singles Chart, and reached #22 in the UK! The song topped the charts in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam, reaching #4 in Canada, #5 in Hungary, #9 in Greece, #10 in Croatia, #11 in Turkey, #13 in Peru, #16 in Japan & Romania & #20 in Luxembourg! An accompanying music video was released alongside the single itself on Blackpink's YouTube channel. It received 90.4 million views within 24 hours, the biggest 24-hour debut for a music video in 2022 and 3rd biggest of All Time!
MTZ - Manuel Turizo's "La Bachata" holds at #8, scoring another 165.000 points in its 10th week on the chart while Chris Brown's "Under The Influence" lifts to a new peak on the United World Chart, up 12-9. It's the 3rd track on the extended edition of his 9th studio album 'Indigo', which was released on October 4, 2019 by RCA Records. The song was written by Brown and Nigerian Icon Davido! "Under the Influence" went viral on TikTok three years after its release, and was released as a single on September 6, 2022. The song reached #25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with Brown now the first R&B singer in history to have 50-100 Hot 100 hits debut on the chart! On the Global 200, it reached #9, making it Brown's 1st top ten on the chart! "Under the Influence" hit #1 in India, #2 in Greece, Malaysia & New Zealand, #3 in South Africa, #4 in Switzerland, #5 in Australia & the Philippines, #6 in Slovakia, #7 in the UK, #9 in Hungary and #10 in Luxembourg. It has been certified platinum in Australia (70.000) & New Zealand (30,000), Gold in Switzerland (10.000) and Greece (1M streams) and silver in the UK (200,000)!
"Me Porto Bonito" by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny and singer Chencho Corleone rebounds 11-10 on the United World Chart, scoring another 150,000 points in its 21st week, after debuting at #2 and holding for 3 weeks at No.3! "Me Porto Bonito" is #7 on the Billboard Global 200 after peaking at 2. It’s the 5th single from Bunny’s 5th studio album Un Verano Sin Ti (2022), following "Callaíta", "Moscow Mule", "Tití Me Preguntó" and "Después de la Playa". The song was written by Benito Martínez and Orlando Valle. "Me Porto Bonito" peaked at #6 on the US Hot 100, tying with "Después de la Playa" for the 3rd-highest charting track from 'Un Verano Sin Ti' behind "Moscow Mule" & "Tití Me Preguntó" which peaked at #4 & 5 respectively. It has also topped the US Hot Latin Songs chart, and has reached #1 in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, reaching #2 in Spain where it has been certified 4x Platinum for sales of 240.000, and has reached #4 in Argentina!
