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

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.

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