Doja Cat’s ‘Paint the Town Red’ Holds Atop Billboard Global Charts
Written by djfrosty on October 2, 2023
Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” tallies a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 songs chart and a second frame atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. ranking (both dated Oct. 7).
Elsewhere, Tate McRae’s “Greedy” bounds 11-4 on the Global 200 and Kenya Grace’s “Strangers” surges 12-5 on the survey, while cassö, RAYE and D-Block Europe’s “Prada” jumps 11-8 on Global Excl. U.S.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. 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 Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
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.
Fourth Coat of ‘Paint’ Atop Global 200
Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” adds a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 90.6 million streams (up 1%) and 11,000 sold (down 5%) worldwide Sept. 22-28.
Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, keeps at No. 2 on the Global 200, after spending its first seven weeks on the chart at No. 1 beginning in July, and Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” returns to its No. 3 high, from No. 5.
Tate McRae’s “Greedy” roars 11-4 in its second week on the Global 200, led by 38.8 million streams (up 17%) worldwide. The singer-songwriter from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, achieves her first top 10 on the chart, surpassing her prior No. 16 best with her first entry, “You Broke Me First.,” in 2020.
Plus, Kenya Grace’s “Strangers” blasts 12-5 on the Global 200, with 39.9 million streams (up 14%) and 3,000 sold (up 21%). TikTok has been a big factor in the growing profile of the South African-born, British-raised singer-songwriter’s breakthrough song, as a portion of its audio has been used in over 700,000 clips on the platform; she also has over 530,000 TikTok followers. Three weeks earlier, Grace became a first-timer on Billboard’s charts.
Global Excl. U.S. Dons ‘Red’ & ‘Prada’
Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” concurrently rules the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a second week, with 64.9 million streams (essentially even week-over-week) and 4,000 sold (down 4%) outside the U.S. Sept. 22-28.
Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, holds at No. 2 after spending its first nine weeks on the Global Excl. U.S. chart at No. 1; Kenya Grace’s “Strangers” pushes 4-3 for a new high; Myke Towers’ “LaLa” slips 3-4, after it led for a week in July; and Karol G and Peso Pluma’s “Qlona” climbs 6-5, up 3% to 38.4 million streams outside the U.S., becoming Karol G’s fifth top five hit and Peso Pluma’s fourth.
Plus, cassö, RAYE and D-Block Europe’s “Prada” sashays 11-8 on Global Excl. U.S., with 23.6 million streams (up 14%) and 2,000 sold (up 15%) outside the U.S. RAYE, from England, adds her second top 10 on the chart, after “Escapism,” featuring 070 Shake, hit No. 6 in January. U.S.-born cassö and Britain’s D-Block Europe each reach the top 10 with their first title on the tally.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Oct. 7, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 3). 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 X, formerly known as 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.