Hot 100 First-Timers: Sevdaliza, Pabllo Vittar & Yseult Each Earn First Entry With ‘Alibi’

Sevdaliza, Pabllo Vittar and Yseult each score their first career placement on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Aug. 3), thanks to their viral collaboration “Alibi.”

The song, released June 28 on Twisted Elegance, debuts at No. 95 almost entirely from its streaming sum: 5.6 million official U.S. streams (up 18%) in the July 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The song has been steadily gaining thanks to a viral dance trend on TikTok, which began in the spring before the song’s official release. It has taken off in recent weeks, with the cut having soundtracked over 1.5 million videos on the platform to date. That virality sparked the song’s No. 21 debut on the July 20-dated TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart and its jump to No. 8 the following week.

Notably, “Alibi” includes lyrics sung in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish and reworks the song “Rosa,” first recorded more than a century earlier and popularized by late famed Colombian musician Magín Díaz.

“Alibi” concurrently reaches the top 10 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart (11-9) and climbs 19-16 on the Billboard Global 200.

Sevdaliza, from Tehran, Iran, is a Dutch-Iranian singer-songwriter-producer who has been releasing music for over a decade. In that span, she has released two studio albums: ISON, in 2017, and Shabrang, in 2020. Before “Alibi,” she charted one track: “Ride or Die, Pt. 2,” featuring Villano Antillano and Tokischa, reached No. 43 on the Hot Latin Songs chart this May. It also peaked at No. 66 on Global Excl. U.S. and No. 112 on the Global 200.

Pabllo Vittar is a Brazilian drag queen and singer. She becomes just the second drag queen ever to hit the Hot 100, after RuPaul, who charted three songs in the 1990s: “Supermodel (You Better Work)” (No. 45 peak in 1993); “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” with Elton John (No. 92, 1994); and “Snapshot” (No. 95, 1996).

Vittar first appeared on Billboard’s charts in August 2017, thanks to her featured appearance on Major Lazer’s “Sua Cara,” also featuring Anitta. The track reached No. 26 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, as well as No. 22 on World Digital Song Sales. She has charted one additional song: “Modo Turbo,” with Luisa Sonza and featuring Anitta, peaked at No. 71 on Global Excl. U.S. and No. 126 on the Global 200 in January 2021.

As for Yseult, “Alibi” is the French singer-songwriter and model’s first charted song. She initially rose to prominence after competing on the French reality competition Nouvelle Star in 2013-14, where she finished second.

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