World Music Awards

Sam Smith and Kim Petras' "UNHOLY" scores a 4th week atop the United World Chart, earning another 303,000 points (up 5%) with 242,000 from global streaming, 35,000 points from sales (up 7%) and 26,000 points from airplay (up 24%)! It's the 2nd United World #1 hit in Sam's career, after "Stay With Me", which topped the chart in week 28, 2014!

Posted on October 28, 2022

SAM SMITH and Kim Petras' “Unholy” also scores a 4th week atop the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl'US and lifts to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100! Released on September 22, 2022 as the lead single from Sam's upcoming 4th studio album, "Unholy" has reached #1 in the UK, Australia, Canada, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore & Slovakia. The song has peaked at #2 so far in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Portugal, Romania & Switzerland, at #3 in Denmark, Finland, Germany & Luxembourg, at #4 in Croatia, Iceland, South Africa & Sweden, #5 in the Philippines, #7 in Brazil, #8 in Belgium Wallonia & France, #10 in Japan (Billboard Hot Overseas), #11 in Belgium Flanders, #13 in Indonesia, #18 Italy, #19 in Vietnam, #35 in Spain, #72 in Poland, #73 in Argentina and #186 in Korea! The Song has been certified Gold in New Zealand (15.000) and silver in the UK (200.000)!

Harry Styles' "As It Was" holds at #2, scoring another 236,000 points and holds the record for the longest run at #1 in United World chart history (22 weeks)! "As It Was" is the World's top-selling song of 2022, at #1 on the United World year-to-date list! "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, 1.3 Billion and 1.4 Billion streams! Harry Styles' "As It Was" is #4 this week on the Billboard 200 Global and #5 on the Billboard Global Excl’US. “As It Was” holds at #3 on the Hot 100, and is the 1st song in history to spend over 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 4th 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" has topped the weekly charts in 35 countries including Australia where it topped the ARIA Singles Chart for 7 weeks, 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 is 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), 3x Platinum in Portugal (30.000), 2x Platinum in Italy (200.000), Mexico (280.000), New Zealand (60.000), 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!

David Guetta's "I'm Good (Blue)" with Bebe Rexha holds at #3 for a 3rd week on the United World Chart, scoring another 230.000 points in its 8th week on the chart! "Im Good" holds at #2 this week on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl'US! The song has hit #1 in 15 countries including the UK where is has been certified silver for 200.000 sales Units and has topped the weekly charts in Australia and Canada where it has been certified Platinum for 80.000 units! "I'm Good", has also reached #1 in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland & Romania, and has reached #2 in Austria, Ireland, Lebanon & Slovakia, #3 in Bulgaria & Germany, #4 in Croatia, France, Lithuania & New Zealand, #6 Singapore, #7 in Italy, #9 in South Africa and #10 in Portugal! The song has reached #14 on the US Hot 100, #18 in Spain and #20 in Malaysia.

OneRepublic's "I Ain't Worried" holds at #4 on this week's United World Chart, scoring another 195.000 points in its 17th week on the chart! "I Ain't Worried" is #5 on the Billboard Global 200 and remains at its #6 peak on the US Billboard Hot 100, their 4th top 10 hit there. The song has reached #3 on the Official UK chart and Canada. "I Ain't Worried" has reached #1 in Belgium Wallonia, Iceland and New Zealand, #2 in Australia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Lebanon & Russia, #3 in Belgium Flanders, Japan (Billboard), Malaysia & Singapore, #4 in Ireland, #5 in Lithuania, the Netherlands & Poland, #6 in Slovakia, Switzerland & Taiwan, #7 in France & Hungary, #8 in Finland, #10 in Austria, Greece & South Africa, #12 in Denmark, #15 in Portugal & #19 in Germany. The song has been certified Double Platinum in Canada (160.000), Platinum in Australia (70.000), New Zealand (30.000), Switzerland (20.000) & the US (1M) and Gold in France (100.000), Poland (25.000), Portugal (5.000) & UK (400.000)!

Colombian new star, MTZ - Manuel Turizo holds at its #5 peak with his new smash hit "La Bachata", scoring another 170.000 points in its 13th week on the chart! The song holds at #6 on the Billboard Global 200 and #3 on the Billboard Global Excl.u. Turizo's music contains influences from pop music, trap, and vallenato and his vocal range has been classified as baritone.

"Bzrp Music Sessions Vol.52" by Argentine record producer and DJ Bizarrap and Spanish singer and rapper Quevedo holds at #6 on the United World Chart after 5 consecutive weeks at #2 and after scoring another 167,000 points in its 15th week on the chart! The song hit #1 on the Billboard Global 200 and reached #12 on the US Hot Latin songs. It has reached #1 in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain & Uruguay. On the Billboard Hot 100, "Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" has reached #82! The song has been certified Gold in Italy for 50.000 and 7x Platinum in Spain for 420.000!

Chris Brown's "Under The Influence" holds at its #7 peak on the United World Chart, scoring another 166.000 points in its 11th week. 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 original release, and was re-released as a single on September 6, 2022. The song has peaked at #23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with Brown now the first R&B singer in history to have over 50 songs debut on the chart! On the Global 200, it lifts 4-3, 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 & the Philippines, #4 in Switzerland, #5 in Australia, #6 in Portugal & Slovakia, #7 in Luxembourg, Singapore & the UK, #9 in Hungary, #12 in Germany, #14 in Ireland, #16 in Austria & the Czech Republic, #17 in Denmark, #19 in Romania, #21 in Lithuania, #23 in France, #24 in Iceland & the Netherlands and #29 in Sweden. It has been certified platinum in Australia (70.000), New Zealand (30,000) & the US (1M), Gold in France (100.000), Portugal (5.000), Switzerland (10.000) and Greece (1M streams) and silver in the UK (200,000)!

Nigerian star heisrema lifts 10-8 with his new smash hit "Calm Down" from his debut studio album 'Rave & Roses' (2022), earning another 146.000 points in its 8th week on the chart! The song charted across Europe, reaching number one on the Belgian Ultratop 50, Dutch Top 40 and Dutch Single Top 100. A remix of the song with American singer Selena Gomez was released on 25 August 2022. The new version reached number one on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart and has peaked at number 7 on the Global 200 chart! Calm Down" has so far reached #1 in Belgium (Wallonia), the Netherlands, Romania & Switzerland, #2 in France & Luxembourg, #4 in Portugal, #7 in Lebanon, #8 in South Africa, #10 in Belgium (Flanders), #16 in the UK, #25 in Austria, #26 in Germany & Singapore, #28 in Ireland, #32 in Italy, #55 in Sweden and #94 in Canada!!

BLACKPINK's chart-topping smash hit "SHUT DOWN", scores a 5th week on the United World Top 10, at #9 this week with 138,000 points. "Shut Down" landed at #1 on the Billboard Global 200 with 152.8 million streams and 17,000 downloads sold, earning BLACKPINK their 2nd number-one hit on the chart after "Pink Venom". "Shut Down" also landed atop the Billboard Global Excl'US, with 140 million streams and 13,000 downloads sold outside the U.S., their third #1 hit on the chart after "Lovesick Girls" and "Pink Venom" with the group becoming the artist with the second-most number-one hits on the chart after BTS! The group became the 4th act to debut atop the Global 200, Global Excl. U.S. and Billboard 200 charts simultaneously with "Shut Down" and its album ‘Born Pink’, joining BTS, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift as the only acts to achieve this feat! In the United States, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #25 for the week of September 16-22, earning Blackpink their 5th top 40 hit on the chart with 4,000 downloads, and debuted at #10 on Streaming Songs with 13M streams, becoming the group's 3rd top 10 hit on the chart. Blackpink are the 1st girl group to have multiple top tens and tied PSY for the 2nd-most top tens by a Korean act, and also became the 1st Korean act to have a non-compilation album yield multiple top tens on the chart! In South Korea, "Shut Down" peaked at #3 on the Circle chart ! "SHUT DOWN" has hit #1 in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea (Billboard), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan & Vietnam, #3 in Hungary & Korea (Circle), #4 in India, #5 in Australia, #6 in New Zealand, #7 in Canada, #8 in Greece, #11 in Lithuania, #16 in Peru, #17 in Slovakia, #18 in Luxembourg & #20 in Croatia & Romania. It has so far peaked at #22 in Portugal & Turkey, at #23 in Japan, at #24 in Austria and the UK and at #25 on the US Hot 100! The song has peaked at #31 in Germany, #32 in Ireland, #36 in Argentina, #40 in Czech Republic, #45 in South Africa and #51 in France!

Rosalia’s “Despecha” dips 9-10 on the United World Chart scoring another 137.000 points! Upon its release, “Despecha” was met with great commercial success, earning the biggest streaming debut for a Spanish-language song by a female artist in Spotify history! "Despechá » became Rosalía's first solo entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and her highest charting single on the Billboard Global 200 at #6 ! It topped the charts in Panama, Spain and Uruguay, while also hitting the top ten in seventeen other countries including Argentina, Beligium, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru & Portugal! It was a top 20 hit in Luxembourg, Nicaragua & Switzerland!

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US heavy metal band Slipknot debuts atop the United World Chart with their 7th studio album 'The End, So Far' and 105.000 equivalent sales!

Posted on October 19, 2022

US heavy metal band Slipknot lands atop the United World Chart with their 7th studio album 'The End, So Far' and 105.000 equivalent sales! The band's previous album, 'We Are Not Your Kind', also debuted atop the United World Chart in the week 34, 2019, with 241.000 sales! Released on September 30, 2022, via Roadrunner, 'The End, So Far' also debuted at #1 in Australia, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the United States, the album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, the band's first album not to debut at #1, selling 59.000 copies in the first week with 50.500 coming from pure sales.

Bad Bunny's 'Un Verano Sin Ti' rebounds 4-2 in its 22nd week on the United World chart, selling another 104.000 equivalent units and 3.127.000 so far! It's the #2 Album on the United World Year-To-Date Chart after Bangtan Boys' 'Proof'!

BLACKPINK's 'Born Pink' holds at #3, scoring another 100.000 sales and 1.089.000 so far. The set generated massive 1.09 million sales in just 3 weeks not counting China!

EXO's Xiumin lands at #4 on the United World Chart with his 1st Solo Album 'Brand New', scoring 99.000 equivalent sales in its 1st week, while former chart topper 'Harry's House' by Harry Styles' rebounds 6-5, selling another 79.000 equivalent units and 3,014.000 so far. It's the 4th album to break the 3M mark this year after BTS' 'Proof', Bad Bunny's 'El Verano Sin Ti' and Disney's 'Encanto'!

Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' rebounds 7-6, selling another 65.000 equivalent units and 1.206.000 so far while NCT 127's '2 Baddies' slips 2-7 in its 3rd week on the United World Top 10 after landing at #2!

Former chart-topper, country Superstar Morgan Wallen, holds at #8 on the United World chart with his top-selling Album 'Dangerous: The Double Album', selling another 54.000 equivalent units and 5.727.000 so far, while Olivia Rodrigo's previous #1 Album 'SOUR' holds at #9 after 63 weeks on the chart, selling another 49.000 equivalent units and 6.811.000 so far!

The Weeknd's 'Highlights' reenters the United World Top 10 at #10, after peaking at #2, selling another 49.000 equivalent units and 3.676.000 so far!

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Sam Smith and Kim Petras' "UNHOLY" scores a 3rd week atop the United World Chart, earning another 289,000 points with 235,000 from global streaming, 33,000 points from sales and 21,000 points from airplay (up 60%)!

Posted on October 19, 2022

It's the 2nd United World #1 hit in Sam's career, afer "Stay With Me", which topped the chart in week 28, 2014! SAM SMITH and Kim Petras' “Unholy” also scores a 3rd week atop the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl'US and holds at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a 2nd week! Released on September 22, 2022 as the lead single from Sam's upcoming 4th studio album, "Unholy" has reached #1 in the UK, Australia, Canada, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore & Slovakia. The song has peaked at #2 so far in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Portugal & Romania, at #3 in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands & Switzerland, at #4 in Croatia, Iceland, South Africa & Sweden, #7 in Brazil, #10 in Japan & the Philippines, #13 in Indonesia, #16 in France, #18 in Belgium Flanders & Italy, #19 in Vietnam, #23 in Belgium (Wallonia) #35 in Spain, #72 in Poland, #75 in Argentina and #124 in Korea!

Harry Styles' "As It Was" holds at #2, scoring another 248,000 points and holds the record for the longest run at #1 in United World chart history (22 weeks)! "As It Was" is the World's 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, 1.3B and 1.4B streams! Harry Styles' "As It Was" holds at #3 this week on the Billboard 200 Global and 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" has topped the weekly charts in 35 countries including Australia where it topped the ARIA Singles Chart for 7 weeks, 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, Czech Republic, Finland, Japan (Billboard Hot Overseas), Norway, Peru, Russia & South Africa! It's a top 5 hit in Costa Rica, Croatia, 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), 3x Platinum in Portugal (30.000), 2x Platinum in Italy (200.000), Mexico (280.000), New Zealand (60.000), 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!

David Guetta's "I'm Good (Blue)" with Bebe Rexha holds at #3 for a 2nd week on the United World Chart, scoring another 222.000 points in its 7th week on the chart! "Im Good" holds at #2 this week on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl'US! The song has hit #1 in 15 countries including the UK where is has been certified silver for 200.000 sales Units and has topped the weekly charts in Australia where it has been certified gold for 15.000 and Canada where it has been certified Platinum for 80.000 units! "I'm Good", has also reached #1 in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway & Romania, and has reached #2 in Austria, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Lebanon, Poland & Slovakia, #3 in Bulgaria & Germany, #4 in Croatia, France, Lithuania & New Zealand, #7 in Italy, Paraguay & Singapore, #9 in South Africa and #10 in Portugal! The song has reached #16 on the US Hot 100 and #20 in Malaysia & Spain.

OneRepublic's "I Ain't Worried" holds at #4 on this week's United World Chart, scoring another 197.000 points in its 16th week on the chart! "I Ain't Worried" holds at #4 on the Billboard Global 200 and remains at its #6 peak on the US Billboard Hot 100, their 4th top 10 hit there. The song has reached #3 on the Official UK chart and #4 in Canada. "I Ain't Worried" has reached #1 in Iceland and New Zealand, #2 in Australia, Belgium Wallonia & Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Lebanon & Russia, #3 in Belgium Flanders, Japan, Malaysia & Singapore, #4 in Ireland, #5 in Lithuania, the Netherlands & Poland, #6 in Slovakia, Switzerland & Taiwan, #7 in France & Hungary, #8 in Finland, #10 in Greece & South Africa, #11 in Austria, #12 in Denmark, #15 in Portugal & #19 in Germany. The song has been certified Platinum in Australia (70.000), Canada (80.000), New Zealand (30.000), Switzerland (20.000) & the US (1M) and Gold in France (100.000), Poland (25.000), Portugal (5.000) & UK (400.000)!

Colombian new star, MTZ - Manuel Turizo reaches a new peak, up 7-5 with his new smash hit "La Bachata", scoring another 171.000 points in its 12th week on the chart! The song lifts 8-6 on the Billboard Global 200. Turizo's music contains influences from pop music, trap, and vallenato and his vocal range has been classified as baritone.

"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 171,000 points in its 14th week on the chart! The song rebounds 10-9 on the Billboard Global 200 after peaking at #1 in its 2nd week, and has reached #1 in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain & Uruguay. On the Billboard Hot 100, "Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" has reached #82! The song has been certified Gold in Italy for 50.000 and 7x Platinum in Spain for 420.000!

Chris Brown's "Under The Influence" lifts to new peak, up 9-7 on the United World Chart, scoring another 160.000 points in its 10th week. 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 has peaked at #23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with Brown now the first R&B singer in history to have over 50 songs debut on the chart! On the Global 200, it holds at its peak at #4, 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 & the Philippines, #5 in Australia, #6 in Portugal & Slovakia, #7 in Luxembourg, Singapore & the UK, #9 in Hungary, #12 in Germany, #14 in Ireland, #16 in Austria, Canada & the Czech Republic, #17 in Denmark, #19 in Romania, #22 in Lithuania, #23 in France, #24 in Iceland & the Netherlands and #29 in Sweden. It has been certified platinum in Australia (70.000), New Zealand (30,000) & the US (1M), Gold in Portugal (5.000), Switzerland (10.000) and Greece (1M streams) and silver in the UK (200,000)!

BLACKPINK's chart-topping smash hit "SHUT DOWN", scores a 4th week on the United World Top 10, at #8 this week with 155,000 points. "Shut Down" landed at #1 on the Billboard Global 200 with 152.8 million streams and 17,000 downloads sold, earning Blackpink their second number-one hit on the chart after "Pink Venom". Shut Down" dips 6-9 on this week’s Billboard Global Excl'US, after landng at #1 with 140 million streams and 13,000 downloads sold outside the U.S., their third #1 hit on the chart after "Lovesick Girls" and "Pink Venom" with the group becoming the artist with the second-most number-one hits on the chart after BTS! The group became the 4th act to debut atop the Global 200, Global Excl. U.S. and Billboard 200 charts simultaneously with "Shut Down" and its album ‘Born Pink’, joining BTS, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift as the only acts to achieve this feat. In the United States, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #25 for the week of September 16-22, earning Blackpink their 5th top 40 hit on the chart with 4,000 downloads and debuted at #10 on Streaming Songs with 13M streams, becoming the group's 3rd top 10 hit on the chart. Blackpink are the 1st girl group to have multiple top tens and tied Psy for the 2nd-most top tens by a Korean act, and also became the 1st Korean act to have a non-compilation album yield multiple top tens on the chart! In South Korea, "Shut Down" peaked at #3 on the Circle chart ! "SHUT DOWN" has hit #1 in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea (Billboard), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan & Vietnam, #3 in Hungary & Korea (Circle), #4 in India, #5 in Australia, #6 in New Zealand, #7 in Canada, #8 in Greece, #11 in Lithuania, #16 in Peru, #17 in Slovakia, #18 in Luxembourg & #20 in Croatia & Romania. It has so far peaked at #22 in Portugal & Turkey, at #23 in Japan, at #24 in Austria and the UK and at #25 on the US Hot 100! The song has peaked at #31 in Germany, #32 in Ireland, #36 in Argentina, #40 in Czech Republic, #45 in South Africa and #51 in France!

Rosalia’s “Despecha” rebounds 13-9 on the United World Chart scoring another 142.000 points! Upon its release, “Despecha” was met with great commercial success, earning the biggest streaming debut for a Spanish-language song by a female artist in Spotify history ! "Despechá » became Rosalía's first solo entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and her highest charting single on the Billboard Global 200 at #6 ! It topped the charts in Panama, Spain and Uruguay, while also hitting the top ten in seventeen other countries including Argentina, Beligium, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru & Portugal ! It was a top 20 hit in Luxembourg, Nicaragua & Switzerland!

Nigerian star Rema lifts 12-10 with his new smash hit « Calm Down » from his debut studio album Rave & Roses (2022),

earning another 139.000 points in its 7th week on the chart !

A remix of the song with American Superstar Selena Gomez was released on 25 August 2022 and has reached #1 on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart ! « Calm Down » has so far reached #1 in Belgium (Wallonia), the Netherlands, Romania & Switzerland, #2 in France & Luxembourg, #5 in Portugal, #7 in Lebanon, #8 in South Africa, #10 in Belgium (Flanders), #17 in the UK, #25 in Austria, #28 in Ireland, #29 in Germany, #34 in Italy and #55 in Sweden!

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BLACKPINK's 'BORN PINK' is the World's Best-selling Album of the week, landing at #1 on the United World Chart in a partial tracking week, and is the biggest debut of the year by a female act!

Posted on October 07, 2022

BLACKPINK's 'BORN PINK' is the World's Best-selling Album of the week, landing at #1 on the United World Chart with 635,000 equivalent units sold 'Exclu. China) in just a partial tracking week, and is the biggest debut of the year by a female Act! 'BORN PINK'debuted at #1 on the Circle Album Chart with 2.2 million copies sold in less than two days, becoming the best-selling album by a girl group in Korean History and the 1st to surpass 2 million sales! In the US, it became the 1st album by a female Korean act to top the Billboard 200, with 102,000 Album-equivalent units, including 75,500 pure album sales, 25,000 stream-equivalent sales and 1,500 track-equivalent sales. It is the 1st album by a female group to top the BB200 since Danity Kane's 'Welcome to the Dollhouse' in 2008. 'BORN PINK' is also the first album by a K-pop girl group to top the UK Official Albums Chart. It's the first time a girl group has simultaneously topped the album charts in the United States and United Kingdom since Destiny's Child's Survivor in 2001. In China 'BORN PINK' has already sold over 670.000 units! 'BORN PINK' has also reached #1 in Canada, #2 in Australia, New Zealand & Scotland, #3 in Belgium Flanders, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Lithuania & Poland, #6 in Austria & Norway, #7 in Belgium Wallonia & the Netherlands, #8 in Denmark & Sweden, #9 in Spain, #10 in Switzerland and Top 20 in Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland & Italy.

'2 Baddies', the 4th studio album by the hugely popular Korean boy band NCT127, scores this week's 2nd highest debut on the United World Chart, landing at #2 with 301,000 equivalent sales units!

Last week's chart topper, Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti, is #3 this week on the United World Chart, selling another 112,000 equivalent album units and a total of 2,92 million so far, and climbs to #2 on the year-to-date list!

Former chart topper, Harry Styles’Harry’s House, rebounds 5-4 on the United World Chart, selling another 78.000 equivalent album units and a total of 2.856.000 so far!

Former chart topper, Beyoncé's RENAISSANCE, rebounds 7-5 on the United World Chart, selling another 70.000 equivalent album units and a total of 1.073.000 so far!

Former Number One, Morgan Wallen's Dangerous The Double Album, rebounds 9-6 on the United World Chart, selling another 56.000 equivalent album units and a total of 5.619.000 so far!

French Rapper Lomepal's new album Mauvais Ordre, debuts on the United World Chart at #7 with 52,000 equivalent sales units!

Former chart topper, Olivia Rodrigo's SOUR, reenters the United World Chart at #8, selling another 49.000 equivalent album units and a total of 6.711.000 so far!

The Weeknd's 2nd Greatest Hits Album, 'The Highlights', re-enters the United World Chart at #9, selling another 48.000 equivalent sales units and 3.588.000 since its release!

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Sam Smith and Kim Petras' "UNHOLY" lands 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, more than 8 years after Sam's "Stay With Me" landed at no.1!

Posted on October 07, 2022

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!

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