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Aug 25, 2022 20:01:18 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

^I see Ado has 4 songs in the Global 200 this week, which is not surprising since it had 6 songs in the Hot 100 Japan. Also, I completely had missed Summertime Sadness entering the chart a few weeks ago. It seems to have to do with the song's 10th anniversary.

that & its recent pickup on tiktok. it's been pulling good Spotify numbers for over a month now

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BLACKPINK’s ‘Pink Venom’ Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard Global Charts

8/29/2022

By Gary Trust

The song launches with the second-biggest worldwide weekly streaming total since the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts began in September 2020.

BLACKPINK‘s “Pink Venom” bounds onto both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts at No. 1, boasting the second-biggest worldwide weekly streaming total since the surveys began in September 2020.

The song is the South Korean pop superstars’ first No. 1 on the Global 200, besting the No. 2-peaking “Lovesick Girls,” and their second leader on Global Excl. U.S., after “Lovesick Girls” launched atop the list in October 2020.

Meanwhile, with the coronation of “Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK becomes the first act to top the Global 200 and include a member that has led the list solo; the quartet’s Rosé reigned in March 2021 with the No. 1 debut of her single “On the Ground.” (That track also opened atop Global Excl. U.S., where BLACKPINK remains the only act to hit No. 1 and have a member do the same solo, thanks to “Lovesick Girls,” “On the Ground” and “Pink Venom.”)

The two charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

Biggest Worldwide Streaming Week Since 2021, BLACKPINK’s First Global 200 No. 1

BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” premieres as the South Korean act’s first No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, as it drew 212.1 million streams and sold 36,000 downloads worldwide in the Aug. 19-25 tracking week, following its Aug. 19 release.

The song by the quartet – Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé – scores the second-biggest worldwide weekly streaming total since the Global 200 began in September 2020, trailing only the 289.5 million that BTS’ “Butter” drew, likewise in its first week, as reflected on the June 5, 2021, chart. As previously reported, “Pink Venom” set records on both Spotify and YouTube during its premiere week.

“Pink Venom,” which also became the first title to debut at No. 1 on the weekly Hot Trending Songs chart (dated Aug. 27), ushers in BLACKPINK’s second LP, Born Pink, due Sept. 16.

Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” drops to No. 2 following four weeks atop the Global 200; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” descends 2-3 after a record 13 weeks at No. 1; Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” falls 3-4 after reaching No. 2; and Bad Bunny’s own “Tití Me Preguntó” slips to No. 5 from its No. 4 high.

BLACKPINK Scores Second Global Excl. U.S. Leader

“Pink Venom” concurrently roars in as BLACKPINK’s second No. 1, after “Lovesick Girls,” on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 198.1 million streams and 27,000 downloads sold worldwide in territories outside the U.S. in the Aug. 19-25 tracking week.

BLACKPINK becomes just the third act with multiple No. 1s since the Global Excl. U.S. chart started, joining BTS (six) and Justin Bieber (also two).

Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” retreats to No. 2 following five weeks atop Global Excl. U.S.; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” dips 2-3, after a record 13 weeks at No. 1; Rosalía’s “Despechá” slides to No. 4 from its No. 3 best; and Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” backtracks 4-5, after reaching No. 2.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Sept. 3, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 30). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes an exhaustive and thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data, removing any suspicious or unverifiable activity using established criteria before final chart calculations are made and published. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to final calculations.

[khan]

This time on Khan's Global 200 updates: Blackpink in all areas.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jSdctFcLyQl6HJYoi9Jr2OHFGkn-TBnxWVFNxMlzrto/edit?usp=sharing

- The big story this week is Blackpink's dominance. The second biggest K-pop group in the world somehow never secured a main Global 200 #1 until now. This obviously gives another #1 to South Korea and takes the weekly title for biggest Korean song from "Left and Right" and Jungkook, but Blackpink is also a surprisingly diverse group.

- Most demonstrative, Lisa isn't even Korean; she's Thai. "Pink Venom" topping both global charts this week means that Thailand secures its first ever #1 hit on the main chart! This breaks a tie at #2 held by "Lovesick Girls" and "Lalisa" which, of course, both featured Lisa already.

- Then there's Rosé, who represents both New Zealand and Australia instead of South Korea (and was the only Blackpink member to top the main chart before). Those island countries add extra #1 hits to their repertoire, and Pnau's Elton John remix is easily overtaken for being the biggest Australian song this week. On the Excl US chart, "Lovesick Girls" already hit #1 back in the day, which means another one on that chart for all the countries mentioned before.

- Another Southeast Asian country gets big news this week because of K-pop. Somewhat surprisingly, "Hype Boy" by NewJeans reaches #52 this week on the main chart and #32 on the Excl US chart, giving a new all-time peak on both charts to Vietnam because of their Vietnamese member Hanni. This is surprising because their other song "Attention" has been leading the pack off of their first EP for a month now. Yet this week, "Hype Boy" leapfrogs "Attention" to be NewJeans's and Vietnam's highest charting song so far.

- And we end off with some extra growth for Armenia. "Snap" gets some small gains up to #15 on the Excl US chart, and more excitingly, it enters the top twenty of the main chart for the first time ever.
- September 3rd news, because it's somehow September already.
• Manuel Turizo accomplishes what he did last week on the Excl US chart again by becoming the owner of the biggest Colombian song on the main global chart, as "La Bachata" zooms past "Ojitos Lindos" and Bomba Estéreo.
• TikTok does it again! A high debut off crazy streaming for its genre gives hard rock band Ghost and their viral song "Mary on a Cross" the Swedish crown, knocking down the Avicii songs that have been charting this whole time.
• Another regional Mexican song debuts, giving "Siempre Pendientes" by Peso Pluma and Luis R Conriquez the Mexican title over Julieta Venegas on both charts.
• While Tems still holds the Nigerian crown on the main chart because of "Wait for U" and its crazy USA streaming, the biggest Nigerian song on the Excl US chart switches hands again, this time going from Burna Boy to "Calm Down" by Rema.
• "Layla" is collapsing extremely quickly, so a new song by German singer Nina Chuba takes that German title on the Excl US chart.
• Turkey on the Excl US chart has a rare instance of not being represented by a rapper, and singer Zeynep Bastık becomes this week's winner from there.

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BLACKPINK’s ‘Pink Venom’ Tops Billboard Global Charts For Second Week

9/6/2022

By Gary Trust

Plus, new top 10s for Elton John & Britney Spears, IVE and TWICE.

LACKPINK‘s “Pink Venom” spends a second week atop both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. A week earlier, the song launched with the second-biggest worldwide weekly streaming total since the surveys started in September 2020.

Plus, and Elton John and Britney Spears‘ “Hold Me Closer” debuts at No. 6 on the Global 200, while on Global Excl. U.S., IVE‘s “After Like” surges from No. 27 to No. 9 following its first full week of tracking and TWICE‘s “Talk That Talk” begins at No. 10.

The two charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

BLACKPINK Tops Global 200, John & Spears Soar In

BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” adds a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, as the South Korean act’s first leader on the list drew 108.4 million streams (down 49%) and sold 7,000 downloads (down 81%) worldwide in the Aug. 26-Sept. 1 tracking week.

A week earlier, the song by the quartet (Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé) roared in with the second-biggest worldwide weekly streaming total – 212.1 million – since the Global 200 began in September 2020, trailing only the 289.5 million that BTS’ “Butter” drew, likewise in its first week, as reflected on the June 5, 2021, chart.

Harry Styles’ “As It Was” rebounds 3-2 after a record 13 weeks atop the Global 200; Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” rises 4-3, after reaching No. 2; Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” drops 2-4, following four weeks at the summit; and Bad Bunny’s own “Tití Me Preguntó” keeps at No. 5, after hitting No. 4.

Elton John and Britney Spears’ “Hold Me Closer” bounds onto the Global 200 at No. 6 with 27.1 million streams and 74,000 sold worldwide in its first week, following its Aug. 26 release. The song is a mash-up of three John hits: largely 1972’s “Tiny Dancer” and 1992’s “The One,” along with his 1976 Kiki Dee duet “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.” The new blend arrives as John’s second top 10 in the Global 200’s nearly two-year history, after his previous multi-classic reworking of his catalog, his Dua Lipa collaboration “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” hit No. 3 in January.

Spears scores her first Global 200 top 10. (In her sole prior appearance on the chart, her 2000 chestnut “My Only Wish [This Year]” hit No. 112 over the 2021-22 holiday season.)

K-Pop Power: BLACKPINK, IVE & TWICE

BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” concurrently crowns the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a second week, as the group’s second leader (after “Lovesick Girls,” in October 2020) tallied 99.5 million streams (down 50%) and sold 5,000 (down 84%) in territories outside the U.S. in the Aug. 26-Sept. 1 tracking week.

The rest of the Global Excl. U.S. top five likewise holds in place from a week earlier: Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” at No. 2, following five weeks at No. 1; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” at No. 3, following a record 13 weeks on top; Rosalía’s “Despechá” at No. 4, after reaching No. 3; and Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” at No. 5, after rising to No. 2.

South Korea’s IVE scores its second Global Excl. U.S. top 10 – and its best rank on the chart – as “After Like” leaps 27-9 in its second week. In its first full tracking week, following its Aug. 22 release, the song – which incorporates an instrumental hook from Gloria Gaynor’s 1979 disco anthem “I Will Survive” – drew 25.9 million streams and sold 3,000 outside the U.S.

The six-member act previously hit the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 with “Love Dive,” which reached No. 10 in April.

TWICE also notches its second Global Excl. U.S. top 10, as “Talk That Talk” debuts at No. 10 with 38.8 million streams and 5,000 sold outside the U.S. Aug. 26-Sept. 1. The song is from the nine-member South Korean group’s new EP, Between 1&2: 11th Mini Album, which starts at No. 3 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 chart.

TWICE ties its best Global Excl. U.S. placement, after “The Feels” debuted and peaked at No. 10 in October 2021.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Sept. 10, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 7, a day later than usual due to the Monday Labor Day holiday in the U.S.) For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes an exhaustive and thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data, removing any suspicious or unverifiable activity using established criteria before final chart calculations are made and published. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to final calculations.

[khan]

DJ Khaled's album bomb is genuinely 100% Americans, so this is going to be a fairly minor update on the Global 200 this week.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jSdctFcLyQl6HJYoi9Jr2OHFGkn-TBnxWVFNxMlzrto/edit?usp=sharing

- There's no new national peak, but there is a tie. This time, it's for the disputed territory of Taiwan. The contentious island returns to the global charts through the normal vector: Taiwanese member Tzuyu of super popular K-pop group Twice. This time, though, their new single smashes right out the gate. On the main chart, "Talk That Talk" misses on a new peak even with a great boost into the top twenty, but on the Excl US chart, the song ties the previous #10 Taiwanese record set by "The Feels" from late last year.

- And that's that for records, only September 10th specifics now.
• Japan is having quite the busy summer. Last week, the biggest song by a Japanese singer on the main chart was by Joji while the biggest on the Excl US chart was by Ado. This week, the two charts represent Japan in different ways yet again, but now with two totally new artists! On the main chart, the earlier mentioned "Talk That Talk" debuts high enough to put Japanese members of Twice Momo, Sana, and Mina above Joji. Yet on the Excl US chart, Ive's "After Like" just edges out Twice's song, so Japanese member of Ive Rei climbs over Ado to take the title on that chart.
• The long reign of Daft Punk as owners of the biggest French song in the world (through their big legacy hits) is once again interrupted. David Guetta's "I'm Good (Blue)" smashes into the top twenty, putting him on top once again. On the Excl US chart, he just takes the title from himself.
• Aided by a Selena Gomez remix, "Calm Down" by Nigerian singer Rema gets a big boost this week (though Gomez isn't credited) and it's enough to take the title of biggest Nigerian over Tems on "Wait for U" this week.
• Italy departs the charts (just the main one actually) for the first time in quite a while.

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Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was,’ BLACKPINK’s ‘Pink Venom’ Rule Billboard Global Chart

9/12/2022

By Gary Trust

Plus, new top 10s on the tallies for David Guetta & Bebe Rexha, Manuel Turizo and Chris Brown.

Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” rebounds for a record-extending 14th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, while BLACKPINK‘s “Pink Venom” spends a third week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey.

Plus, David Guetta and Bebe Rexha‘s “I’m Good (Blue)” blasts to the top 10 of both Global tallies; Manuel Turizo‘s “La Bachata” hits the Global 200’s top 10; and Chris Brown‘s “Under the Influence” reaches the top 10 on Global Excl. U.S.

The two charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

‘As It Was’ Back Atop Global 200

Harry Styles’ “As It Was” rises from No. 2 for a record-padding 14th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 60.8 million streams (up 2%) and 8,000 downloads (down 10%) worldwide in the Sept. 2-8 tracking week.

BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” drops to No. 2 after spending its first two weeks on the Global 200 at No. 1; Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” holds at No. 3, after reaching No. 2; Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” is steady at No. 4, following four weeks at the summit; and Bad Bunny’s own “Tití Me Preguntó” repeats at No. 5, after hitting No. 4.

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” bounds 19-6 in its second week on the Global 200, up 59% to 36.9 million streams and 4% to 23,000 sold worldwide. The song interpolates Eiffel 65’s “Blue (Da Ba Dee),” which hit No. 6 on the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 in 2000. Guetta, from France, and the Brooklyn-born Rexha (of Albanian descent) each earn their first Global 200 top 10 since the chart began.

Plus, Manuel Turizo’s “La Bachata” lifts 11-10 on the Global 200, led by its 5% gain to 47.5 million streams worldwide. The Colombian singer lands his first top 10 on the tally, while the song concurrently holds at its No. 6 high on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart (43.3 million streams outside the U.S., up 5%).

‘Pink Venom’ Leads Global Excl. U.S. for Third Week

BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” rules the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a third week, encompassing its entire run on the ranking so far. The South Korean group’s second No. 1 (after “Lovesick Girls,” in October 2020) drew 69.2 million streams (down 30%) and sold 3,000 (down 39%) in territories outside the U.S. in the Sept. 2-8 tracking week.

Nos. 2 through 4 on Global Excl. U.S. all hold in place from a week earlier: Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” at No. 2, following five weeks at No. 1; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” at No. 3, following a record 13 weeks on top; and Rosalía’s “Despechá” at No. 4, after reaching No. 3.

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” surges 17-5 in its second week on the Global Excl. U.S. chart, up 63% to 29.4 million streams and 3% to 13,000 sold outside the U.S. As on the Global 200, Guetta and Rexha each achieve their first Global Excl. U.S. top 10 since the list launched.

Elsewhere in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Chris Brown’s “Under the Influence” jumps 15-10, up 11% to 33.5 million streams and 8% to 1,000 sold outside the U.S. Brown posts his first top 10 on the chart with the song, originally released on the expanded version of his 2019 album Indigo, which debuted as the Virginia native’s third No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 that July. More recently, the song’s profile has swelled thanks to TikTok, with the track having been used in over 360,000 clips on the platform. (TikTok activity does not presently contribute directly to Billboard‘s charts.)

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Sept. 17, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 13). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes an exhaustive and thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data, removing any suspicious or unverifiable activity using established criteria before final chart calculations are made and published. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to final calculations.

[khan]

Bienvenue to this week's update on the Global 200 from Khan, where our news is dominated by one country's big sudden success.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jSdctFcLyQl6HJYoi9Jr2OHFGkn-TBnxWVFNxMlzrto/edit?usp=sharing

- Despite being such a big player on the world stage, France has never managed to break into the top ten of the global charts. Until this week! Off the debut last week, "I'm Good (Blue)" by French DJ David Guetta makes an incredible bound to #6 on the main chart, beating out the previous French peak at #16. That spot was held by "100 Mil'" with French-American rapper Bas, and Bas was only able to do it by being featured on a powerful J. Cole album bomb. On the much more rap-averse Excl US chart, the biggest French song 'til now was the #13-peaking "SG" by DJ Snake. With "I'm Good (Blue)" zooming up to #5 on that chart, DJ Snake is also easily beat. On the Excl US chart, this also happens to make the featured vocalist on the track, Bebe Rexha, the biggest American presence.

- I am really not sure what caused this sudden rise, but a month after the debut, "Super Freaky Girl" breaks into the top twenty of the Excl US chart. This brings Nicki Minaj along with Trinidad and Tobago to a new all-time peak of #19 on that chart, from #25 off that song's debut.

- And to round things out, "Snap" by Armenian singer Rosa Linn is repeaking on streaming, so there's a tiptoe from #15 to #14 for the new all-time Armenia peak on the Excl US chart.

- September 17th specifics!
• "Calm Down" by Rema has already been the biggest Nigerian song on the charts for a few weeks, but now it's replaced with a remix of itself featuring Selena Gomez, bringing Nigeria to heights not seen since Tems.
• Austria barely breaks back onto the Excl US chart after a long absence, and it's with the usual suspect: RAF Camora has a Bonez MC collab that charts riiiight at the bottom of the list.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^Regarding Super Freaky Girl, it reached #1 on the ARIA Singles chart this week. It also reached a new peak of #17 in the UWC track chart, after debuting at #25, with 30k more points than the 96k in its debut week. It probably means it reached new peaks in several countries other than the US, including the UK.

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Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was,’ Bizarrap & Quevedo’s ‘Vol. 52’ Top Billboard Global Charts

9/19/2022

By Gary Trust

Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” adds a record-extending 15th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, while Bizarrap and Quevedo‘s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” rebounds for a sixth week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey. 

Plus, David Guetta and Bebe Rexha‘s “I’m Good (Blue)” surges to No. 2 on both global charts; Chris Brown‘s “Under the Influence” reaches the top 10 on the Global 200; and Rema and Selena Gomez‘s “Calm Down” hits the Global Excl. U.S. top 10. 

The two charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

Harry Styles’ “As It Was” scores a record-padding 15th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, holding at the summit with 56.6 million streams (down 7%) and 7,000 downloads (down 15%) worldwide in the Sept. 9-15 tracking week.

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” blasts 6-2 in its third week on the Global 200, led by its 19% gain to 43.9 million streams worldwide; Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” holds at No. 3, after reaching No. 2; BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” slips 2-4 in its fourth frame, after spending its first two weeks on the Global 200 at No. 1; and Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” backtracks 4-5, following four weeks at the summit beginning in late July. 

Elsewhere in the Global 200’s top 10, Chris Brown’s “Under the Influence” rises 11-9, up 10% to 46.6 million streams and 11% to 3,000 sold worldwide. Brown posts his first top 10 on the chart with the song, originally released on the expanded version of his 2019 album Indigo, which debuted as his third No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 that July. More recently, the song’s profile has grown thanks to TikTok, as it has been used in over 400,000 clips on the platform. (TikTok activity does not presently contribute directly to Billboard‘s charts.)

‘Vol. 52’ Returns to Top of Global Excl. U.S.

“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” by Bizarrap and Quevedo, rebounds from No. 2 for a sixth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, as it drew 51 million streams (down 8%) and sold 1,000 downloads (up 1%) in territories outside the U.S. in the Sept. 9-15 tracking week.

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” jumps 5-2 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart; BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” drops to No. 3 after spending its first three weeks on the ranking at No. 1; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” retreats 3-4, following a record 13 weeks on top; and Manuel Turizo’s “La Bachata” lifts 6-5 to become his first top five hit on the chart.

Plus, Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” ascends 11-10 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart, with gains of 23% to 41.8 million streams and 17% to 2,000 sold outside the U.S. Nigeria native Rema (real name: Divine Ikubor) dropped the original version of the song in February as the second single from his debut solo LP, Rave & Roses. Its remix with Gomez arrived Aug. 26, and that version’s official video premiered Sept. 7.

Rema reaches the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 in his first appearance on the chart, while Gomez lands her second since the survey began, after “Ice Cream,” with BLACKPINK, ranked at its No. 6 high on the inaugural list in September 2020.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Sept. 24, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 20). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes an exhaustive and thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data, removing any suspicious or unverifiable activity using established criteria before final chart calculations are made and published. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to final calculations.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Sweater Weather managed a new peak of #49 this week in the Global 200 in its 103rd week on the chart.

[khan]

On this week's update from Khan on the Global 200, da ba dee da ba di.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jSdctFcLyQl6HJYoi9Jr2OHFGkn-TBnxWVFNxMlzrto/edit?usp=sharing

- France once again takes the cake for our big story this week. "I'm Good (Blue)" by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha has gains just as impressive as last week. It'sutterly smashing worldwide, even the normally dance-averse United States. Everything we see is just Guetta, inside and outside. Off the frame at #6 on the main chart and #5 on the Excl US chart last week, "I'm Good (Blue)" now crashes right through the top five to stop at #2 on both charts. This takes the French all-time peak to the same number, close enough to lick the highest honor a record chart can bestow. This unequivocally also makes it the biggest song in the world with an American, Bebe Rexha, on it.

- Armenia is taking some baby steps, but new peaks is new peaks. "Snap" by Rosa Linn grants us with new best Armenian ranks on both charts this week. On the main chart, it hops up from #20 to #19, and on the Excl US chart, it gambols up the street from #14 to #13.

- The Excl US-only growth from last week for "Super Freaky Girl" also did not stop, so it continues to a new peak of #16 there. This, of course, gives Trinidad and Tobago a new peak for that chart.

- Do you remember the 24th night of September?
• Scotland, after being represented by oldies "One Kiss" and "Yellow" over the past few months, now finally gets a current hit to its name again. This time it's Lewis Capaldi's brand new single "Forget Me" which sits at the top for the country in a country.
• Peso Pluma drops out of both charts, so regional Mexican band Marca Registrada and their song "El Rescate" are back to being the highest Mexicans on the count.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

BLACKPINK’s ‘Shut Down’ Launches at No. 1 on Billboard Global Charts

9/26/2022

By Gary Trust

The South Korean pop superstars score their second No. 1 on the Global 200 and their third on Global Excl. U.S.

BLACKPINK‘s “Shut Down” blasts onto both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts at No. 1.

The South Korean pop superstars achieve their second No. 1 on the Global 200 after “Pink Venom” debuted atop the Sept. 3 chart. They notch their third leader on Global Excl. U.S., following “Pink Venom” and “Lovesick Girls,” which launched atop the list in October 2020.

Both “Shut Down” and “Pink Venom” are from BLACKPINK’s new album Born Pink, which soars in as the act’s first No. 1 on the U.S-based Billboard 200 chart.

The two global charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down” opens at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 with 152.8 million streams and 17,000 downloads sold worldwide in the Sept. 16-22 tracking week, following its Sept. 16 arrival on parent album Born Pink.

Now with two Global 200 No. 1s, BLACKPINK joins BTS (six), Justin Bieber and Olivia Rodrigo (two each) as the only acts with multiple leaders since the chart began.

BLACKPINK – Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé – also ranks at No. 2 on the Global 200 with the new set’s “Pink Venom,” which reigned in its first two weeks on the chart and rebounds from No. 4. The act is the first group to place at Nos. 1 and 2 in a single week on the Global 200; soloists Harry Styles (June 4 this year) and Drake (March 20, 2021) previously achieved the feat.

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” backtracks to No. 3 from its No. 2 Global 200 high; Styles’ “As It Was” falls to No. 4 after a record 15 weeks at the summit; and Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” descends 3-5, after reaching No. 2.
BLACKPINK Also No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S.

“Shut Down” concurrently roars in at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 140 million streams and 13,000 downloads sold worldwide in territories outside the U.S. in the Sept. 16-22 tracking week.

Now up to three Global Excl. U.S. No. 1s, BLACKPINK boasts the second-best sum, after BTS (six). Justin Bieber is the only other act with multiple leaders on the list (two).

Meanwhile, BLACKPINK is just the fourth act to debut atop the Global 200, Global Excl. U.S. and Billboard 200 charts simultaneously. Here’s a recap of all such triple premieres:

Simultaneous No. 1 Global 200, Global Excl. U.S. & Billboard 200 Debuts:

Oct. 1, 2022, BLACKPINK, “Shut Down,” Born Pink
Nov. 27, 2021, Taylor Swift, “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Red (Taylor’s Version)
April 3, 2021, Justin Bieber, “Peaches” (feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon), Justice
Dec. 5, 2020, BTS, “Life Goes On,” BE

BLACKPINK also ranks at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. with “Pink Venom,” which led in its first three weeks on the survey and rises from No. 3. The act is the second to place at Nos. 1 and 2 in a single week on the chart, following BTS (Dec. 5, 2020).

Rounding out the Global Excl. U.S. chart’s top five, David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” retreats to No. 3 from its No. 2 best; Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” drops to No. 4 following six weeks at No. 1; and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” slips 4-5, after logging a record 13 weeks on top.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Oct. 1, 2022) will update on Billboard.com Tuesday (Sept. 27). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

[khan]

Breaking news: There is no news on this week's update from Khan on the Global 200.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jSdctFcLyQl6HJYoi9Jr2OHFGkn-TBnxWVFNxMlzrto/edit?usp=sharing

- Okay that's a bit of a lie, but the news is very small. We'll start with the obvious one, the new biggest song in the world. "Shut Down" by Blackpink is the second #1 hit for Blackpink on the main Global 200 chart, meaning Thailand represented by Lisa is now the proud owner of two #1 hits. This also tacks an extra one onto South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, especially on the Excl US chart where they've all topped the chart many times before.

- The one new peak to speak of is about as minimal as it gets. "Snap" by Rosa Linn moves one spot up to #18, which gives Armenia a new peak. This is only on the main chart, as the song actually loses traction on the Excl US chart.

- And some October 1st specifics! How is it already October?
• On the Excl US chart, "Wildberry Lillet" makes some huge gains, snatching the title of biggest German song once more.
• Also only on the Excl US chart, "Envolver" by Anitta slips once more, this time handing off the Brazilian title to "Casei Com a Putaria" by MC Paiva and MC Ryan SP.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Sam Smith & Kim Petras’ ‘Unholy’ Launches at No. 1 on Billboard Global Charts

10/3/2022

By Gary Trust

The British and German artists' collaboration opens atop the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ “Unholy” bounds in at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts.

The buzzy song soars in as the respective British and German artists’ first leader on each list following its first full week of tracking, after its Sept. 22 release.

Plus, OneRepublic‘s “I Ain’t Worried” hits the Global 200’s top five, marking more new heights for music from the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack.

The two charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations. 

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” charges in at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 with 76.7 million streams and 20,000 downloads sold worldwide in the Sept. 23-29 tracking week, following its Sept. 22 release.

Smith and Petras began teasing the single in August, with it being used in over 450,000 clips on the platform to date. (Its official video premiered Friday, Sept. 30, with any resulting gains contributing to next week’s, Oct. 15-dated charts.)

Smith notches their first Global 200 No. 1, after previously reaching a No. 32 best with “Diamonds” just after the list launched in October 2020. Petras reigns in her first visit to the survey.

Notably, the last four No. 1 duets on the Global 200 have been by non-U.S. acts. Before Smith (UK) and Petras (Germany), Bizarrap (Argentina) and Quevedo (Spain) led for four weeks with “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” beginning in July; Coldplay (UK) and BTS (South Korea) topped the tally with “My Universe” for a week in October 2021; and The Kid LAROI (Australia) and Justin Bieber (Canada) reigned with “Stay” for 11 weeks starting in August 2021. (That run followed Canada’s The Weeknd and U.S.-born Ariana Grande’s one-week rule with “Save Your Tears” in May 2021.)

Plus, songs by acts all from outside the U.S. have topped the Global 200 for 32 consecutive weeks, spanning seven titles (and five countries), both record streaks since the chart began. Here’s a recap:

“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (UK), six weeks at No. 1, beginning March 5
“As It Was,” Harry Styles (UK), 15, April 16
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush (UK), three, June 18
“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” Bizarrap (Argentina) & Quevedo (Spain), four, July 30
“Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), two, Sept. 3
“Shut Down,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), one, Oct. 1
“Unholy,” Sam Smith (UK) & Kim Petras (Germany), one to-date, Oct. 8

Elsewhere in the Global 200’s top five, David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” rebounds to its No. 2 high from No. 3; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” falls to No. 3 after a record 15 weeks on top; and BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down” falls to No. 4 a week after it debuted at No. 1. (Thanks to “Unholy” and “Shut Down,” the chart boasts back-to-back No. 1 entrances for the first time since “What’s Next” by Drake and “On the Ground” by Rosé – of BLACKPINK – started atop the March 20 and 27, 2021-dated surveys, respectively.)

Rounding out the Global 200’s top five, OneRepublic’s “I Ain’t Worried” becomes the band’s first top five hit on the chart, rising 6-5, led by a 2% gain to 41.3 million streams worldwide.

The song, which in August marked the Ryan Tedder-fronted group’s first Global 200 top 10 since the chart originated, is one of three to have reached the ranking from the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack, after Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” rose to No. 37 and Kenny Loggins’ “Danger Zone” hit No. 130, both in June. (The latter, previously released on the original Top Gun soundtrack, became a No. 2 hit on the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 in 1986.)

Smith, Petras Also Premiere at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” concurrently debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 53.6 million streams and 8,000 downloads sold worldwide in territories outside the U.S. in the Sept. 23-29 tracking week.

As on the Global 200, Smith and Petras each rule Global Excl. U.S. for the first time each; Smith previously hit a No. 39 high with “Diamonds” in 2020, while Petras makes her maiden appearance on the chart.

Also similar to the Global 200, songs by acts from outside the U.S. have dominated the Global Excl. U.S. chart for 30 weeks in a row, covering nine titles (and six countries), likewise record streaks:

“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (UK), three weeks at No. 1, beginning March 19
“Envolver,” Anitta (Brazil), one, April 9
“As It Was,” Harry Styles (UK), 13, April 16
“Yet To Come,” BTS (South Korea), one, June 25
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush (UK), one, July 16
“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” Bizarrap (Argentina) & Quevedo (Spain), six, July 30
“Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), three, Sept. 3
“Shut Down,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), one, Oct. 1
“Unholy,” Sam Smith (UK) & Kim Petras (Germany), one to-date, Oct. 8

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” returns to its No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. best from No. 3 and BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down” dips to No. 3 a week after it opened at No. 1. (Before “Unholy” and “Shut Down,” the chart last welcomed No. 1 debuts in consecutive weeks when Ariana Grande’s “Positions” and Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez’s “Dakiti” entered atop the Nov. 7 and 14, 2020, tallies, respectively.)

Capping the Global Excl. U.S. chart’s top five, Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” holds at No. 4 and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” repeats at No. 5.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Oct. 8, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 4). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

[Future Captain]

Germany and The UK being the one to block France from the #1 spot on both charts feels right somehow lol

[khan]

Only one piece of big news on this update from Khan on the Global 200, but it is a BIG one.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jSdctFcLyQl6HJYoi9Jr2OHFGkn-TBnxWVFNxMlzrto/edit?usp=sharing

- We have a new country topping the charts for the first time! Germany peaked at painful #21 (much less painful #15 on the Excl US chart) way way back at the chart's inception, even after the song in question, "Breaking Me" by German DJ Topic, actually peaked in streams. The Germans have come close several times in the two years since then, mostly with other EDM songs, but they just could not beat "Breaking Me" and its spot. Until this week, where the massive and contentious smash hit "Unholy" by Sam Smith and German singer Kim Petras straight up debuts at #1 on both charts, smashing that old record to dust. It's also the first time a trans artist has topped the global charts, so that's fun.

- And that's that for peaks, so here are some October 8th specifics.
• Mexico comes back onto the charts, this time by first-timers Grupo Frontera. Can you tell they're a regional Mexican band by that name?
• Brazil has some weird news to share this week, with very different activity on either chart. On the main Global 200, Brazil is just gone. "Envolver" by Anitta drops off, and the chart is devoid of Brazilian artists for the first time since the time that song debuted. "Envolver" also drops low on the Excl US chart, but there's plenty of other Brazilian songs to replace it, including this week's leader... (BIG INHALE) "Poesia Acústica 13" by MC Cabelinho, TZ da Coronel, Chefin, Luísa Sonza, N.I.N.A., Xamã, Ouram, Chris MC, L7nnon, and Salve Malak. What a party.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Sam Smith & Kim Petras’ ‘Unholy’ Scores Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard Global Charts

10/10/2022

By Gary Trust

The British and German artists' team-up continues atop the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ “Unholy” adds a second week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, a week after it launched at the summit of both surveys.

Plus, Chris Brown‘s “Under the Influence” hits the Global 200’s top five, ascending from No. 6 to No. 4, and Manuel Turizo‘s “La Bachata” bumps 7-3 for a new high on Global Excl. U.S.

The two charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

‘Unholy’ Undeterred Atop Global 200

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” notches a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 83.3 million streams (up 9% – aided by the Sept. 30 premiere of its official video) and 16,000 downloads sold worldwide (down 17%) in the Sept. 30-Oct. 6 tracking week.

Notably, songs by acts all from outside the U.S. have topped the Global 200 for 33 consecutive weeks, spanning seven titles (and five countries), both record streaks since the chart began. Here’s a recap:

“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (UK), six weeks at No. 1, beginning March 5
“As It Was,” Harry Styles (UK), 15, April 16
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush (UK), three, June 18
“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” Bizarrap (Argentina) & Quevedo (Spain), four, July 30
“Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), two, Sept. 3
“Shut Down,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), one, Oct. 1
“Unholy,” Sam Smith (UK) & Kim Petras (Germany), two to-date, Oct. 8

Elsewhere in the Global 200’s top five, David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” holds at its No. 2 high; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” keeps at No. 3 following its record 15-week reign; Chris Brown’s virally-driven hit “Under the Influence” climbs 6-4, marking his first top five entry since the chart began; and OneRepublic’s “I Ain’t Worried” is steady at its No. 5 best.

Smith, Petras Continue Command on Global Excl. U.S.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” concurrently claims a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 60.3 million streams (up 13%) and 6,000 downloads sold (down 26%) worldwide in territories outside the U.S. in the Sept. 30-Oct. 6 tracking week.

Similar to the Global 200, songs by acts from outside the U.S. have dominated the Global Excl. U.S. chart for 31 weeks in a row, covering nine titles (and six countries), likewise record streaks:

“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (UK), three weeks at No. 1, beginning March 19
“Envolver,” Anitta (Brazil), one, April 9
“As It Was,” Harry Styles (UK), 13, April 16
“Yet To Come,” BTS (South Korea), one, June 25
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush (UK), one, July 16
“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” Bizarrap (Argentina) & Quevedo (Spain), six, July 30
“Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), three, Sept. 3
“Shut Down,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), one, Oct. 1
“Unholy,” Sam Smith (UK) & Kim Petras (Germany), two to-date, Oct. 8

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” repeats at its No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. best; Manuel Turizo’s “La Bachata” hits a new high, advancing 7-3 to surpass the prior No. 5 peak for the Colombian artist‘s first top five entry; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” rebounds 5-4 following its record 13-week rule; and Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” former six-week leader slips 4-5.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Oct. 15, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 11). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. 

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

[khan]

On this week of Khan's updates on the Global 200, there are no nations reaching new peaks, but there are a good few swapping of temporary titles! So let's just hop immediately into the October 15th specifics.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jSdctFcLyQl6HJYoi9Jr2OHFGkn-TBnxWVFNxMlzrto/edit?usp=sharing

• Chile continues to have a banger year on the global charts despite not appearing at all in the first year of its existence. The "Ultra Solo" remix has held the Chilean crown for a good few months now, but this week it's finally taken over (on both charts) by rising hit "Baby Otaku" by deleted Pesadilla, Polimá Westcoast, and Nickoog Clk. This means Polimá Westcoast actually replaces himself for the title of biggest Chilean song in the world, an impressive feat.

• Turkey makes a strong reappearance on the charts this week after some weeks of absence. "Belki" by Dedublüman and Mavzer Tabancas debuts at nearly the highest spot Turkey's ever charted. Now when will one of these strong Turkish debuts have some longevity?

• The dawn of October is upon us, which means a yearly resurgence of "We Fell in Love in October" by Norwegian singer Girl in Red. This year is the strongest it's ever streamed, so it's able to (on the main chart) just claw past the legacy of "Take On Me" by A-ha to claim the title of biggest song from Norway in the world. On the Excl US chart, "Take On Me" was just a little too strong to beat, but Girl in Red still charts there.

• And we end things with a pair of swaps only on the Excl US chart. In Japan, Yoasobi's new single with the fun Japanese title "Shukufuku" debuts hard, making it above Joji and Ive to be the biggest Japanese song there. And that ten-person ten-minute Brazilian posse cut from last week falls of quickly, allowing "Casei Com a Putaria" to replace it again. There's still no Brazil on the main chart, though.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Sam Smith & Kim Petras’ ‘Unholy’ Tops Billboard Global Charts for Third Week

10/17/2022

By Gary Trust

The British and German artists' collab extends its command on the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ “Unholy” posts a third week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, two weeks after it launched at the summit of both surveys.

The two charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations. 

‘Unholy’ Atop Global 200 for Third Week

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” claims a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 81.5 million streams (down 2%) and 18,000 downloads sold worldwide (up 9%) in the Oct. 7-13 tracking week.

Notably, songs by acts all from outside the U.S. have topped the Global 200 for 34 consecutive weeks, spanning seven titles (and five countries), both record streaks since the chart began. Here’s a recap:

“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (U.K.), six weeks at No. 1, beginning March 5
“As It Was,” Harry Styles (U.K.), 15, April 16
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush (U.K.), three, June 18
“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” Bizarrap (Argentina) & Quevedo (Spain), four, July 30
“Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), two, Sept. 3
“Shut Down,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), one, Oct. 1
“Unholy,” Sam Smith (UK) & Kim Petras (Germany), three to-date, Oct. 8

The Global 200’s top five holds in place, with David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” at its No. 2 high; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” at No. 3 following its record 15-week reign; Chris Brown’s “Under the Influence” at its No. 4 best; and OneRepublic’s “I Ain’t Worried” at its No. 5 highpoint.

Elsewhere in the Global 200’s top 10, Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit” rebounds to its No. 10 best, from No. 12, up 3% to 37.6 million streams worldwide. It previously spent a week in the region on the Aug. 27 chart.

Smith, Petras Continue Atop Global Excl. U.S.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” concurrently logs a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 59.3 million streams (down 2%) and 6,000 downloads sold (up 8%) worldwide in territories outside the U.S. in the Oct. 7-13 tracking week.

Similar to the Global 200, songs by acts from outside the U.S. have dominated the Global Excl. U.S. chart for 32 weeks in a row, covering nine titles (and six countries), likewise record streaks:

“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (U.K.), three weeks at No. 1, beginning March 19
“Envolver,” Anitta (Brazil), one, April 9
“As It Was,” Harry Styles (U.K.), 13, April 16
“Yet To Come,” BTS (South Korea), one, June 25
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush (UK), one, July 16
“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” Bizarrap (Argentina) & Quevedo (Spain), six, July 30
“Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), three, Sept. 3
“Shut Down,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), one, Oct. 1
“Unholy,” Sam Smith (U.K.) & Kim Petras (Germany), three to-date, Oct. 8

The Global Excl. U.S. top five is stationary, with David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” at its No. 2 best; Manuel Turizo’s “La Bachata” at its No. 3 high; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” at No. 4 following its record 13-week rule; and Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” at No. 5, after it reigned for six weeks.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Oct. 22, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 18). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. 

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

[khan]

Let's goooooo least newsworthy week of the Global 200 everrrrrr whooooo!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jSdctFcLyQl6HJYoi9Jr2OHFGkn-TBnxWVFNxMlzrto/edit?usp=sharing

• There's only October 22nd specific news so let's just do that all at once. Italy returns to the Global 200 because of who else but Måneskin.

• On the other hand, the Netherlands has departed from the Global 200 after an extremely long Tiësto-led streak. Seriously, it's just been "The Business" then "Don't Be Shy" then "The Motto" so unless I'm forgetting if "The Business" debuted a few weeks after the chart started, I think this might be the first Dutch-less chart since inception?

• "Glimpse of Us" is just knocking every other Japanese artist out with those American streams, but "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu is at least able to take the title for biggest Japanese song on the Excl US chart.

• Also on the Excl US chart, Brazil gets a high debut over all their other songs with artists Gustavo Mioto and Mari Fernandez, who have never appeared on the global charts to my knowledge so idk where they came from.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Sweater Weather reached new peaks in both the Global 200 (#25) and Global 200 excl. US (#35) this week.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Sam Smith & Kim Petras’ ‘Unholy’ Rules Billboard Global Charts for Fourth Week

10/24/2022

By Gary Trust

Plus, new top 10s for Rema & Selena Gomez, Kenshi Yonezu and Tom Odell.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ “Unholy” notches a fourth week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts.

Plus, Rema and Selena Gomez‘s “Calm Down” hits the Global 200’s top 10, jumping from No. 11 to No. 7, and Kenshi Yonezu‘s “Kick Back” bounds 26-4 and Tom Odell‘s “Another Love” rises 11-10 on Global Excl. U.S., the latter completing a record 81-week run on the chart to the top 10.

The two charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations. 

‘Unholy’ No. 1 on Global 200, ‘Calm Down’ Hits Top 10

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” achieves a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 85 million streams (up 4%) and 26,000 downloads sold worldwide (up 44%) in the Oct. 14-20 tracking week, its gains sparked by 69-cent sale-pricing, as well as the release of live and instrumental versions and Disclosure and Acraze remixes. Plus, it was announced Oct. 17 that the song will appear on Smith’s forthcoming fourth LP, Gloria, due Jan. 27.

Notably, songs by acts all from outside the U.S. have topped the Global 200 for 35 consecutive weeks, spanning seven titles (and five countries), both record streaks since the chart began. Here’s a recap:

“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (UK), six weeks at No. 1, beginning March 5
“As It Was,” Harry Styles (UK), 15, April 16
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush (UK), three, June 18
“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” Bizarrap (Argentina) & Quevedo (Spain), four, July 30
“Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), two, Sept. 3
“Shut Down,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), one, Oct. 1
“Unholy,” Sam Smith (UK) & Kim Petras (Germany), four to-date, Oct. 8

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” holds at its No. 2 Global 200 high; Chris Brown’s “Under the Influence” rises 4-3 for a new best; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” slips 3-4, following its record 15-week reign; and OneRepublic’s “I Ain’t Worried” repeats at its No. 5 highpoint. 

Elsewhere in the Global 200’s top 10, Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” reaches the region (11-7), led by 45.4 million streams (up 2%) worldwide. Nigeria native Rema dropped the original, solo version of the song in February as the second single from his debut LP, Rave & Roses. Its remix with Gomez arrived Aug. 26, and that version’s official video premiered Sept. 7.

Rema reaches the Global 200’s top 10 in his first appearance on the chart, while Gomez lands her second top 10 since the survey began, after “Ice Cream,” with BLACKPINK, ranked at its No. 8 high on the inaugural list in September 2020.

“Calm Down” concurrently keeps at its No. 8 high on the Global Excl. U.S. chart.

‘Unholy’ Tops Global Excl. U.S., ‘Kick Back,’ ‘Another Love’ Reach Top 10

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” adds a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 61.7 million streams (up 4%) and 7,000 downloads sold (up 14%) worldwide in territories outside the U.S. in the Oct. 14-20 tracking week.

Similar to the Global 200, songs by acts from outside the U.S. have dominated the Global Excl. U.S. chart for 33 weeks in a row, covering nine titles (and six countries), likewise record streaks:

“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (U.K.), three weeks at No. 1, beginning March 19
“Envolver,” Anitta (Brazil), one, April 9
“As It Was,” Harry Styles (U.K.), 13, April 16
“Yet To Come,” BTS (South Korea), one, June 25
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush (U.K.), one, July 16
“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” Bizarrap (Argentina) & Quevedo (Spain), six, July 30
“Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), three, Sept. 3
“Shut Down,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), one, Oct. 1
“Unholy,” Sam Smith (UK) & Kim Petras (Germany), four to-date, Oct. 8

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” keeps at its No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. best and Manuel Turizo’s “La Bachata” is steady at its No. 3 high.

Kenshi Yonezu’s “Kick Back” surges 26-4 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 23.3 million streams and 32,000 sold in its first full week of tracking. The Japanese artist lands his first top 10 on the chart (after reaching a prior No. 16 best with “M87” in May) with the opener for the new anime series Chainsaw Man. As previously reported, the track launched atop the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart.

Harry Styles’ “As It Was” falls 4-5 on Global Excl. U.S. following its record 13-week rule.

Rounding out the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Tom Odell’s “Another Love” rises 11-10. The song by the English singer-songwriter enters the top 10 in its 81st week on the chart, as it wraps the longest climb to the tier, far surpassing the 35-week wait for Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” in 2021. Going back even further, “Another Love” was originally released 10 years ago this month, on Odell’s debut EP Songs From Another Love, with its profile having swelled to new heights thanks to its presence on TikTok. The song initially hit No. 10 on the Official UK Singles chart in 2013 and ranks at No. 13 in its latest week on the list.

“Another Love,” Odell’s first Global Excl. U.S. entry, gained by 1% to 30 million streams and 5% to 2,000 sold outside the U.S. Oct. 14-20.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Oct. 29, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 25). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

[khan]

Of course the episode of these Global 200 updates that's dated on my birthday would be even less eventful than last week. You might think that it's because of Lil Baby's album bomb. Indeed he's got quite the impressive showing on the regular chart, but he's got a grand total of ZERO songs on the Excl. US chart. Not even a leftover feature or something. So yeah it's just a slow, slow, slow week. Let's just check some October 29th specifics.

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• As you might have expected, Japan has a new leader on the main chart this week. Now that it's had a full seven days of tracking, "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu easily leapfrogs Joji to become the biggest Japanese song in the world. The first time an anime tune has held this title on the main chart in a while, too, since Joji and Ive have monopolized it for some months. The song rises to an impressive top five peak over on the Excl. US chart.

• China's back on the Excl. US chart, barely. "Nxde" by (G)I-dle will probably rise next week, but for now Chinese member Yuqi represents her homeland on the chart with a bottom ten debut.

• The Dutch are now fully gone. Despite the fact that dance music often performs way better on the Excl. US chart, "The Motto" still drops out of there this week, marking a very rare moment where there's no Tiësto or any Netherlands representation to speak of on either global chart. This also applies to some other longtime showings like India this week.

[khan]

This episode of Khan's weekly updates on the Global 200 just goes to show you album bombs don't ruin everything! Despite the Taylor Swift takeover, there's some news to be had in the lower debuts.

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- Of course, Taylor Swift's album does prevent any new peaks other than her own. Not only does the United States of America get to add another chart-topper to its tally, it even breaks a pretty massive streak of misfires. The USA hasn't held the biggest song in the world for almost the entirety of 2022, over thirty weeks back. It breaks this drought with a BANG, as the Americans (plural totally counts because Lana Del Rey is there) now dominate with the entire top five on the main global chart.

- And now for the surprisingly beefy list of November 5th-specific news.
• Everything plummets down the charts this week, including "Shut Down" by Blackpink. This leaves a very easy void for Le Sserafim to fill with their smash new single "Antifragile" (now with a full week of tracking) to take over as the largest Korean song in the world. Blackpink still holds onto the Australian and Thai crowns, though.
• Speaking of K-pop, (G)I-dle's single "Nxde" also benefits from a full week of tracking for this frame, bringing China and Taiwan back to the main global chart because of members Yuqi and Shuhua, respectively. Notably, "Nxde" makes an unprecedented run to #50, meaning (G)I-dle would have easily taken the all-time China peak without Taylor Swift's album bomb.
• Colombia gets a new leader, though only on the main chart. Shakira's new song with Ozuna just barely ekes out a spot over Manuel Turizo this week, and of course this gets a new leader for Puerto Rico over Bad Bunny, too.
• In a random twist, Sri Lanka appears on the chart again! Only represented by M.I.A. on "Franchise" a long time ago, singer Yohani brings the island back onto the Excl US chart through a Bollywood single.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Taylor Swift’s ‘Anti-Hero’ Debuts Atop Both Billboard Global Charts

10/31/2022

By Gary Trust

Swift claims nine of the top 10 on the Global 200 & eight of the top 10 on Global Excl. U.S., all from her new album 'Midnights.'

Taylor Swift‘s “Anti-Hero” soars in at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts.

Swift claims nine of the top 10 spots on the Global 200 and eight of the top 10 on Global Excl. U.S. – both weekly-best shares in the chart’s two-year archives – all from her new album Midnights. Released Oct. 21, the set bounds in at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 albums chart with the biggest week for any release in seven years.

Especially notably, Swift boasts the entire top five on the Global 200, becoming the first artist to monopolize the region.

The two charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

“Anti-Hero” premieres at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, as Swift becomes the first artist to chart the entire top five in a single week. She also claims a weekly-record nine of the top 10 spots (besting Drake’s eight on the Sept. 18, 2021, ranking).

Here’s a rundown of Swift’s songs in the latest Global 200’s top five, with their streams and download sales worldwide in the Oct. 21-27 tracking week:

Rank, Title: Global Streams / Sales:
No. 1, “Anti-Hero”: 141.9 million streams / 20,700 sold
No. 2, “Lavender Haze”: 89.2 million / 4,600
No. 3, “Snow on the Beach,” feat. Lana Del Rey: 84.3 million / 4,700
No. 4, “Maroon”: 78.4 million / 4,300
No. 5, “Midnight Rain”: 78.5 million / 3,300

“Anti-Hero” sports the third-biggest global streaming week for a song in 2022, after the debut weeks of BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom” (212.1 million; Sept. 3) and “Shut Down” (152.8 million; Oct. 1).

“Anti-Hero” is Swift’s second Global 200 No. 1, dating to the chart’s 2020 start, after “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” began atop the Nov. 27, 2021, tally.

As for Swift’s other songs arriving in the Global 200’s top 10: “You’re on Your Own, Kid” (No. 7); “Bejeweled” (No. 8); “Vigilante Shit” (No. 9); and “Karma” (No. 10). Swift ups her career count to 13 top 10s on the chart, second only to Drake’s 19. Bad Bunny ranks third with 12.

The only other song in the Global 200’s top 10 this week? Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy,” which drops to No. 6 after four weeks at No. 1.

Meanwhile, Swift ends a record 35-week streak of songs by acts all from outside the U.S. topping the Global 200, a run that began in March and spanned seven titles and five countries.

Hi: ‘Anti-Hero’ Enters at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S.

Swift’s “Anti-Hero” concurrently launches at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 83.3 million streams and 7,000 downloads sold in territories outside the U.S. in the Oct. 21-27 tracking week.

As on the Global 200, “Anti-Hero” is Swift’s second Global Excl. U.S. No. 1, dating to the chart’s 2020 inception, after “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” started atop the Nov. 27, 2021, list.

Swift tallies eight songs in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, a new weekly record (surpassing Bad Bunny’s seven on the May 21 chart). She rounds out her haul with “Lavender Haze” (No. 3); “Snow on the Beach” (No. 4); “Midnight Rain” (No. 5); “Maroon” (No. 6); “You’re on Your Own, Kid” (No. 8); “Bejeweled” (No. 9); and “Vigilante Shit” (No. 10). Swift has now scored 10 top 10s on the chart, the second-most, tied with BTS, after Drake’s 12.

Elsewhere in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” dips to No. 2 after four weeks at No. 1 and David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” falls to No. 7 from its No. 2 high.

Similar to the Global 200, Swift stops a record run of 33 consecutive weeks of No. 1s by acts from outside the U.S., covering nine titles and six countries. 

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Nov. 5, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 1). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

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Taylor Swift’s ‘Anti-Hero’ Notches 2nd Week Atop Global Charts; Rihanna, Jin, Travis Japan Add Top 10s

11/7/2022

By Gary Trust

Rihanna's "Lift Me Up" launches at No. 3 on both the Global 200 & Global Excl. U.S. tallies.

Taylor Swift‘s “Anti-Hero” dominates both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts for a second week, following its No. 1 launch a week earlier.

Plus, Rihanna‘s “Lift Me Up” bounds onto both surveys at No. 3; BTS member Jin‘s “The Astronaut” blasts off at No. 6 on Global Excl. U.S. and No. 10 on the Global 200; and Travis Japan‘s “Just Dance!” debuts at No. 5 on Global Excl. U.S.

The two charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

‘Anti-Hero’ Holds Atop Global 200

Swift’s “Anti-Hero” posts a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 92.5 million streams (down 35%) and 21,000 downloads sold worldwide (up 1%) in the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 tracking week.

A week earlier, Swift became the first artist to monopolize the entire Global 200 top five in a single frame and tallied a weekly-record nine of the top 10. This week, she claims six of the top 10 spots, as, below “Anti-Hero,” “Lavender Haze” dips from No. 2 to No. 5, followed by “Midnight Rain” (5-6), “Snow on the Beach,” featuring Lana Del Rey (3-7), “Maroon” (4-8) and “Bejeweled” (8-9). All six songs are from Swift’s new LP Midnights, which adds a second week at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 albums chart.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” rebounds 6-2 on the Global 200, following four weeks at No. 1.

Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” soars in at No. 3 on the Global 200 with 77.1 million streams and 39,000 sold worldwide in its first week, following its Oct. 28 release. The ballad, from the soundtrack, released Nov. 4, to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, due in theaters this Friday (Nov. 11), marks her first top 10 since the chart began.

Also in the Global 200’s top five, David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” jumps 15-4, after reaching No. 2.

Elsewhere in the Global 200’s top 10, Jin’s “The Astronaut” rockets in at No. 10 with 48.3 million streams and 62,000 sold globally in its first week, following its Oct. 28 arrival.

Jin becomes the third member of BTS to chart solo in the Global 200’s top 10, as well as the first to achieve the feat in a lead role. Here’s a recap of their solo Global 200 top 10s (with BTS having notched 10 top 10s):

“That That,” PSY feat. SUGA, No. 5, May 2022
“Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 5, July 2022
“The Astronaut,” Jin, No. 10 (to-date), November 2022

Swift Scores Second Week at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S.

Swift’s “Anti-Hero” concurrently controls the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a second week, with 58.4 million streams (down 30%) and 7,000 downloads sold (up 5%) in territories outside the U.S. in the Oct. 28-Nov. 3 tracking week.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” holds at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S., after four weeks at No. 1; Rihanna earns her first top 10 as “Lift Me Up” debuts at No. 3 (53.2 million streams, 17,000 sold worldwide); and David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” rises 7-4, after hitting No. 2.

Travis Japan’s debut single “Just Dance!” shimmies onto the Global Excl. U.S. chart at No. 5 with 3.4 million streams and 118,000 sold outside the U.S. in its first week. The Japanese septet broke through earlier this year when it competed on NBC’s America’s Got Talent.

Plus, Jin’s “The Astronaut” debuts at No. 6 on Global Excl. U.S. with 43.5 million streams and 43,000 sold outside the U.S. in its first week. As on the Global 200, Jin is the third member of BTS, and the first as a lead artist, to score a solo Global Excl. U.S. top 10. Here’s a recap of their solo top 10s on the ranking (where BTS has logged 10 top 10s): 

“That That,” PSY feat. SUGA, No. 2, May 2022
“Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 2, July 2022
“The Astronaut,” Jin, No. 6 (to-date), November 2022

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Nov. 12, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 8). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

[khan]

Album bomb fallouts mean many new national leaders to be seen on this episode of Khan's Global 200 updates!

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- I knew this moment would come for a long time. Rihanna has fully returned to the charts, and she brings Barbados with her! Rihanna is so Barbadian, that she was declared a national hero of Barbados last year when the country became a republic. She's officially referred to as "The Right Excellent" now, seriously. Rihanna's new single "Lift Me Up" debuts at #3 on both charts, easily taking the all-time Barbadian peak from Amanda Reifer, the featured singer on Kendrick Lamar's "Die Hard" which held the peaks at #7 on the main chart and #15 on the Excl. US chart 'til now.

- And now let's move on to all those November 12th specifics.
• "Monotonía" has dropped slightly off of the strong debut. On the main chart, this allows Manuel Turizo to reclaim the title of biggest Colombia song, but more notably, it allows "Tití Me Preguntó" by Bad Bunny to be the biggest Puerto Rican song on the chart for the first time ever, as "Me Porto Bonito" falls below. This isn't true on the Excl. US chart, though.
• After being led by the Korean members of Le Sserafim for a week, "The Astronaut" by Jin now becomes the biggest song from South Korea in the world.
• Debut single "Just Dance!" by Travis Japan makes a huge splash on either chart, taking the Japanese crown from Kenshi Yonezu for now.
• Chile has fallen off of the main chart for the first time since "Una Noche en Medellín" debuted all those months ago. "Baby Otaku" not only lost enough points to leave that chart, it's even fallen below the "Ultra Solo" remix on the Excl. US chart, making that one the biggest Chilean song in the world once more.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Drake & 21 Savage’s ‘Rich Flex’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Global 200 Chart

11/14/2022

By Gary Trust

Drake dominates with eight of the top 10, including seven with 21 Savage. 

Drake and 21 Savage‘s “Rich Flex” starts strong, launching at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. Concurrently, Drake places eight songs in the top 10, including seven with 21 Savage, from the pair’s collaborative LP Her Loss, which bounds in at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 albums chart.

Meanwhile, Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ “Unholy” rebounds for a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.

Elsewhere, Oliver Tree and Robin Schulz‘s “Miss You” hits the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, jumping 14-8.

The two global charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

Drake soars in with eight debuts in the Global 100’s top 10, including seven with 21 Savage, with all eight tracks from their new collaborative album Her Loss.

Here’s a recap of the eight songs new in the Global 200’s top 10 – all by Drake and 21 Savage unless otherwise noted:

No. 1, “Rich Flex”
No. 3, “Major Distribution”
No. 5, “On BS”
No. 6, “Pussy & Millions” (feat. Travis Scott)
No. 7, “Spin Bout U”
No. 8, “Circo Loco”
No. 9, “Privileged Rappers”
No. 10, “BackOutsideBoyz” (Drake)

“Rich Flex” leads with 93.9 million streams and 3,000 sold worldwide in the Nov. 4-10 tracking week.

Drake adds his second Global 200 No. 1 since the chart began, after “What’s Next” debuted atop the March 20, 2021-dated chart. 21 Savage achieves his first leader on the list.

Drake concurrently ups his total to 27 Global 200 top 10s, the most of any act since the survey started. 21 Savage pushes his count to 12 top 10s. Plus, thanks to his featured turn on the chart’s No. 6 song, Travis Scott earns his fourth Global 200 top 10.

Meanwhile, Drake becomes the only artist to have logged at least eight songs in the Global 200’s top 10 twice. Prior to this week’s bounty of eight top 10s courtesy of Her Loss, he posted eight alongside the chart arrival of his album Certified Lover Boy (Sept. 18, 2021). In the only week in which an artist has notched more simultaneous top 10s, Taylor Swift infused the tier with nine songs two weeks ago.

Speaking of Swift, her “Anti-Hero” slips to No. 2 on the Global 200 after spending its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1, while Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” descends 2-4 following four weeks at the summit.

Smith & Petras Return to No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” rebounds from No. 2 for a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 58.4 million streams (down 4%) and 7,000 downloads sold (down 10%) in territories outside the U.S. in the Nov. 4-10 tracking week.

Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” slips to No. 2 after two weeks at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S.; David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” rises 4-3, after hitting No. 2; Drake and 21 Savage’s “Rich Flex” debuts at No. 4; and Manuel Turizo’s “La Bachata” lifts 7-5, after reaching No. 3.

Drake and 21 Savage also start at No. 10 on Global Excl. U.S. with “Major Distribution.” The former now boasts four top 10s since the chart began, while the latter scores his first.

Plus, Oliver Tree and Robin Schulz’s “Miss You” bounds 14-8 on Global Excl. U.S. with 31.6 million streams (up 3%) and 2,000 sold (up 12%) outside the U.S. The song (whose official video premiered Oct. 27) marks the first top 10 on the chart for both the California-born Oliver Tree and Germany native Schulz. The former previously hit No. 22 with “Life Goes On” in October 2021, while the latter hit a prior-best No. 73 peak with “All We Got,” featuring KIDDO, in February 2021.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Nov. 19, 2022) will update on Billboard.com Tuesday (Nov. 15). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

[khan]

On this episode of Khan's weekly updates on the Global 200, Drake saves Canada!

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- Yes, after months of being ruled by the elderly "Save Your Tears" in the 20-40 range, Canada has a proper hit again. Several, in fact. But at the very top, we now have "Rich Flex" by Canadian Drake and 21 Savage, adding another chart-topper to the great white north. The song debuts at #4 on the Excl. US chart, which is still a good rejuvenation for the country there. I'm also going to make the executive decision to count 21 Savage as an American rather than a Brit for the purposes of this chart. I tend to count people who spend their childhoods in a country for that country, like Camila Cabello for Cuba, but I think we all got enough of a media circus last year that proved 21 Savage is far more connected to Atlanta than London. And because of that, this is another #1 for the USA, too!

- You know how album bombs work by now. Onto the November 19th specifics!
• Japan has an exciting week with its own little album bomb. As Travis Japan falls off the chart entirely, Joji easily takes the title back for Japan with "Die for You" from his new album. On the Excl. US chart, he doesn't quite perform as well, so it goes to Kenshu Yonezu again.
• With "The Astronaut" crashing down the chart, Korea is in one of the weakest places its ever been. That said, the Korean crown belongs to "Antifragile" by Le Sserafim on both charts this week, even if it's pretty low as far as K-pop usually goes.
• Looks like Lewis Capaldi's newest single just couldn't live up to Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent. "Forget Me" falls low enough for "Yellow" by Coldplay (represented by bassist Guy Berryman) to be the biggest song from Scotland by default.
• It's a general massacre for Europe this week. With "Mary on a Cross" and "The Loneliest" and even "Take On Me" disappearing, Norway, Sweden and Italy are gone.

[khan]

This week on Khan's weekly Global 200 updates, no new national peaks. So I'll take this time to point out that I slightly changed my formatting in the spreadsheet. In cases like "Unholy" with different artists that represent multiple nations, I've now grayed out the artist unaffiliated with the country on the row instead of bolding the other's name. So on the Germany row, Sam Smith's name is now grayed out instead of Kim Petras's name being bolded, for example. I've left the Excl. US page the same as it was before, so if you could tell me which one looks nicer to you, that'd be helpful.

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- And starting off the November 26th specifics, Sweden! We have a weird one today, with composer Ludwig Göransson taking the title for highest Swede on the chart because of his crediting on "Con la Brisa" from the new Black Panther soundtrack. Always nice to see these underrepresented composers get mainstream recognition, even if it's fleeting.

- "Subtitle" by Official Hige Dandism sees some great boosts, letting it leapfrog Joji and Kenshi Yonezu to be the biggest Japanese song in the world.

- Small new EDM hit "Bad Memories" by Meduza and James Carter featuring Elley Duhé and Fast Boy has been slowly but steadily rising up the lower ranks of the Excl. US chart for some weeks now. This week, it finally climbs over Måneskin's "The Loneliest" and grants Meduza (the original record-holders before Eurovision 2021!) the title of biggest Italians on the chart. Time will tell if that consistent growth is enough to eventually reach the main chart.