Miley Cyrus' monster hit "Flowers" tops the United World Chart for an 8th consecutive week with 442k points including 263k from streaming, 48k from sales + 131k from airplay (up 4%) for a total of 4,397,000 points so far and is the #1 best-selling most streamed song of 2023 so far! "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 is a massive success, and 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 (방탄소년단)'s "Butter" (8 days)! It is also the fastest song to reach 200M, 300M, 400M, 500M & 600M streams on Spotify! "Flowers" 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 for 9 weeks in a row in April-June 2022. This week "Flowers" is back #1 on both of the Billboard Global charts for a 7th week! It has scored 7 weeks of over 100 Million global streams (101.5M), 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! This week the song scored 97.9 million streams and 29,000 sold worldwide in the March 3-9 tracking week as per Luminate. "Flowers" debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, scoring Miley's 2nd #1 after "Wrecking Ball in 2013, and held atop the chart for 6 weeks, her longest run at #1! The song holds at #2 this week! Flowers topped Digital Song Sales for 5 weeks. 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"!
"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. The song is #1 for an 8th straight week in the UK and has already been certified Platinum for 600,000 sales units in Gt. Britain! In Australia "Flowers" debuted atop the ARIA Singles Chart, becoming Cyrus's first number-one single ever, and holds atop the chart for an 8th week! The song debuted at #2 in Germany and lifted to #1 in its 2nd week! It holds at #2. 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, #3 in Argentina, Ecuador, Honduras & Italy, #4 in Colombia & India, #5 in Chile & Ukraine, #6 in Uruguay, #8 in Indonesia & Nicaragua, #9 in Taiwan & #10 in Puerto Rico! It has already been certified 2x Platinum in Australia (140,000) & Spain (120,000), Platinum in Denmark (90,000), France (200,000), Greece (2M streams), Italy (100,000), Mexico (140,000, New Zealand (30,000), Poland (50,000), Sweden (8M streams) Switzerland (20,000) and the UK (600,000) and Gold in Austria (15,000)!
The Weeknd's 'Die For You' rises to a new peak at #2 on the United World chart with 396,000 points (up 3%) powered by its new 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 last week, becoming the 7th number-one hit of 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 soloists 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" slips 1-4 this week on the Hot 100 and holds at No. 2 on the Global 200! The Remix also topped the weekly charts in Malaysia, the Philippines & Singapore, and landed at #2 in Canada, Japan on the Hot Overseas Billboard chart and New Zealand, #3 in Luxembourg, #4 in Greece & Lithuania, #5 in Indonesia, #6 in Norway, #7 in Romania, and #8 in Sweden. The original Song has been certified 5x Platinum in the US for 5 Million units, 2x Platinum in Australia (140,000), Canada (160,000), New Zealand (60,000) & Portugal (20,000), Platinum in the UK (600,000) and Gold in Denmark (45,000), France (100k), Italy (50k), Poland (25k), & Spain (30k).
'TQG' (an acronym for "Te Quedó Grande") by KaRoL G & Shakira dips 2-3 in its 2nd week on the United World chart with 354,000 points! “TQG” debuted at No. 1 last week 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! "TQG” dips 1-3 this week on the Billboard 200. The collab is from Karol G’s new album 'Mañana Será Bonito', which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week, becoming the first all-Spanish-language leader by a woman in the chart’s history! It's Karol G 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). Shakira also scores her first Global 200 leader since the chart began, after her and Bizarrap’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” debuted at its No. 2 where it held for three weeks in January, marking her first top 10. "TQG" debuted #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 debuted at #1 in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, the Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico & Spain where it has been certified Platinum for 60,000 sales units! It has reached #2 in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua & Panama, #3 in Argentina, Colombia, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru & Uruguay, #5 in Chile, Costa Rica & Switzerland & #8 in Brazil!
'Kill Bill' by SZA holds at 4 on the United World chart scoring another 255,000 points in its 12th week after debuting and peaking 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 number one 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 is #4 this week! "Kill Bill" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #3 and spent 7 weeks at its peak of #2, becoming the highest-peaking song of her career. It is #3 this week. "Kill Bill" topped Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for ten consecutive weeks, also reaching the top 10 of US Radio Songs, her first solo song to do so. The song reached #1 in six countries including Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines & Singapore! It hit #3 in Canada, Ireland & 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 and #10 in Slovakia! The song has been certified 2x Platinum in Australia (140,000), Platinum in New Zealand (30,000), Platinum in the US (1M) and gold in the UK (400,000 )8 It has been certified Gold for streaming in Greece (1M streams) and Sweden (4M streams)!
"Boy's A Liar Pt 2" by British musician PinkPantheress ft. Ice Spice rebounds to #5 on the United World chart after peaking at 3 and scores another 238,000 points in its 5th week on the chart! It was originally released on November 30, 2022 and gained traction on TikTok a few weeks after with the Ice Spice Remix which has so far reached #2 in Australia, Ireland & the UK, #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it is #5 this week, and #5 in Singapore, Lithuania & New Zealand! The song has been certified Silver in the UK for 200,000 sales units.
Nigerian Superstar Rema's "Calm Down" with Selena Gomez rebounds 8-6 on the United World Chart, earning another 208.000 points in its 28th week on the chart! "Calm Down" is from heisrema'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 the Global 200 and #4 on the Billboard Global Exclu. US! The new Remix version has been #1 on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart for 28 weeks and is the longest-charting #1 single of All Time! “Calm Down" has so far reached #1 in Belgium, India, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa & Switzerland, #2 in Bulgaria & France, #3 in Canada, #5 in Ireland, Canada, Ireland & Malaysia, #5 in the UK (Billboard), #6 in Hungary & Nicaragua, #8 in Chile & Malaysia and #9 in Paraguay! “Calm Down” has been certified Diamond in France for 333,333 units, 3x Platinum in Canada (240,000), 2x PLatinum in Belgium (80,000) & Portugal (20,000), Platinum in Italy (100,000), Poland (50,000), Spain (60,000) the UK (600,000) and the US (1M) and Gold in Austria (15.000), Denmark (45,000), Germany (200,000), the Netherlands (40,000) and New Zealand (15,000)! Its also been certified Gold in Greece for 1M streams!
Metro Boomin's dope track "Creepin" with The Weeknd and 21Savage lifts 10-7 on the United World Chart, returning to its former peak, after scoring another 198,000 points! 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 P. Diddy 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 TravisScott, who is a close friend and frequent collaborator of all three artists. "Creepin'" has reached #3 on the Billboard Global 200, and #3 on the Billboard hot 100! It is #6 this week! The song hit #1 in Canada, Greece, Lithuania, Malaysia, Russia & Singapore, #2 in Lebanon, the Netherlands & Romania, #3 in Belgium (Wallonia), Denmark, Luxemburg & South Africa, #4 in Portugal & Slovakia, #5 in Luxembourg, #6 in New Zealand & Switzerland, #7 Australia, Czech Republic, Norway & the UK, #8 France, Ireland & Sweden and #10 in Germany! "Creepin'" has so far been certified Gold in Portugal (5,000) and Silver in the UK (200,000)!
Harry Styles' record-breaking mega hit "As It Was", re-enters the United World Top 10, up 11-8, after scoring another 195.000 points in its 49th week on the chart after 22 weeks at #1, the longest reign atop the list in United World Chart history! The song has earned 14,016,000 points in total, and lifts to #16 on the All Time Chart! "As It Was" is the title track from Harry’s record-breaking album ‘Harry’s House’, and was the World's #1 song of 2022! The song won 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 700, 800 & 900 Million streams on Spotify, the fastest Solo song to reach a Billion, and the fastest Song to reach 1.2 Billion, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 & 1.6 Billion streams! “As It Was” opened atop the Billboard Global 200 with the greatest global streaming week of 2022, becoming Styles's 1st No. 1 on the chart, and also topped the Billboard Global Excl.US! It's #9 this week on the Global 200 and #8 on the Billboard Global Excl. US. “As It Was” is Harry’s 2nd number one single in the US! The critically acclaimed song spent 15 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the longest-running US number one by a UK act, the longest-running #1 song of the decade, the longest running #1 solo song of All Time and the 4th longest running #1 Song in Hot 100 history! In the UK, "As It Was" became Styles's 2nd solo #1 on the Official singles chart, debuting with the biggest sales and streaming weeks of any single in 2022. It spent 10 weeks atop the Official UK chart, becoming the longest-running #1 of the year and is still a top 10 hit at #9 this week after Harry's massive success at the recent BRIT Awards! "As It Was" has topped the weekly charts in 48 countries including Australia where it reigned atop the ARIA Singles Chart for 7 weeks, and Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan (Billboard Oversaes chart), Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden & Switzerland! The song has reached #2 in Argentina & Bolivia, #3 in Indonesia, #4 in the Philippines, #9 in Ecuador & Uruguay, and 10 in Spain & Vietnam. "As It Was" has been certified 3x Diamond in Brazil (480,000), Diamond in France (333.333), 7x Platinum in Australia (490.000), 4x Platinum in Canada (320.000, Mexico (560,000) & Portugal (40,000), 3x Platinum in Italy (300,000), Spain (180,000) & Switzerland (60,000), 2x Platinum in Austria (60.000), New Zealand (60.000), Poland (100,000), UK (1.550.000) & the US (2 Million) and Platinum in Denmark (90,000) & Germany (400.000). It's been certified 2x Platinum in Sweden for 16 million streams & Platinum in Greece for 2M streams! Harry won the 2 Top Awards at this year's Grammys for Album of the year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 'Harry's House' and cleaned house at the BRIT Awards winning British Album of the Year, Song of the Year for "As It Was", British Artist of the Year and Best Pop/R & B Act!
Bizarrap & Shakira's 'Bzrp Music Sessions Vol.53' slips 7-9 on the United World Chart with 191,000 points after 4 weeks at #2! The diss track, which was released on 11 January 2023, takes aim at Shakira's ex-partner, the footballer Gerard Piqué, and is basically a women's empowerment anthem! It "broke the internet", landing at #1 on the Spotify Daily Global 200 chart, breaking the record for the highest debut for a Latin song ever! It was also the fifth-highest Spotify debut of all time, with 14.39 million streams in its first day. It also broke the record for the most-streamed song overall in its 2nd day of release, and the most-streamed song in its third day, with 13.69 million and 12.86 million respectively. The song has also broken the record for the most streamed song in a single day in Spain (3.94 million), Mexico (3.83 million), Argentina (1.46 million), Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Venezuela and Uruguay! The song debuted at #2 on the Billboard Global 200 and #1 on the Billboard Latin Digital Song Sales chart, Bizarrap's first #1 and Shakira's 13th, with Shakira breaking her tie with Bad Bunny, and becoming the artist with the most 1s in chart history! "Bzrp Music Sessions Vol.53" is a huge success, after going to number one in 18 countries, and is Shakira's first top-ten single on the US Hot 100 since "Beautiful Liar" in 2007, reaching #9 on the chart! It has been praised musically for its catchy sound and lyrics as well as for Bizarrap's contribution in giving Shakira a new sound. The song has so far topped the weekly charts in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Spain where it went to #1 after only one day of tracking! It has also reached #2 in Luxembourg, Portugal, Switzerland, Uruguay & Venezuela, #3 in Lebanon, #4 Greece & Hungary, #5 in Poland, and #7 in Croatia, Romania & Slovakia! It has been certified 3x Platinum in Spain (180,000) Platinum in Italy (100,000), Gold in Portugal and Gold in Greece for 1M streams!
"Unholy" by SAM SMITH & Kim Petras dips 9-10 after 9 non-consecutive weeks at no.1 on the United World Chart, earning another 190,000 points in its 24th week on the list. "Unholy" was released on 22 September, 2022 as the 2nd single from Smith's 4th studio album 'Gloria' (2023) and topped the Billboard Global 200 for 4 weeks, and the Billboard Global chart Excl.US for 8 weeks! "Unholy" is #10 on both Global charts this week. In the US, the song hit #1 on the Hot 100 in its 4th week, becoming the 1st song from either artist to reach the top of the list and Smith's highest charting single, surpassing 2014's "Stay with Me" which peaked at #2. The song made history with Petras becoming the first openly transgender woman to reach #1, and Smith the first openly non-binary person to do so. Unholy" debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and has reentered the top 20 this week at #20! It topped the weekly ARIA chart in Australia where it is #5 this week and has reached #1 in Austria, Belgium (Wallonia), Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Singapore & Slovakia. The song reached #2 in Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Iceland, Lebanon, Norway, Portugal & Switzerland, #3 in Denmark & Finland, #4 in South Africa & Sweden, #5 France, Japan (Billboard overseas) & the Philippines, #6 Belgium (Flanders), #7 Brazil & Poland and #10 Indonesia. “Unholy” has been certified 3x Platinum in Australia (210,000), 2x Platinum in Poland (100,000) & the US (2M), Platinum in Austria (30,000), Belgium (40,000, France (200,000), Italy (100,00), New Zealand (30.000), Portugal (10,000), Spain (60,000), the UK (600,000)), and Gold in Belgium (20,000) & Germany (200.000)! It was also certified 2x Platinum in Greece (4M streams) & Platinum in Sweden (8M streams)! The song won for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, marking Smith's first Grammy award since 2015 and Petras's first Grammy award overall, becoming the 1ST openly transgender woman to win in the category. It was also nominated for Song of the Year at the 2023 Brit Awards, Smith's fourth nomination in the category and Petras' first Brit nomination in any category.
"On The Street" by BTS's jhope and US rapper J.Cole scores this week's highest debut. The song lands at at No.14 globally with 147,000 points! "On tHe Street" was released as a digital single via Big Hit Music on March 3, 2023. The hip hop track was co-written by J-Hope, Cole, and Pdogg, who also served as producer! The song is an ode to J-Hope's artistic roots and the intersection of his love for street dance and hip hop. An accompanying music video shows J-Hope walking and dancing through the streets of New York City then in the Bowery subway station while Cole is seen on the rooftop of a city building. Described as a "gift" to his fans, the single marks J-Hope's final music release before he begins his mandatory military service. The song landed at #1 on the Worldwide, European and US iTunes charts and debuted at #2 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart in America, at #16 on the Billboard Global 200, at #2 on the Oricon Digital Singles chart in Japan, #4 in New Zealand, #14 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, #20 in Singapore and #37 on the UK Singles chart, breaking the record for the 1st Kpop Solo Artist to debut in the UK top 40!
