ROSÉ & Bruno Mars’ ‘APT.’ No. 1 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Chart for 12th Week
Written by djfrosty on January 21, 2025
ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” tops the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a 12th week. In November, the song debuted as the stars’ second leader on each list.
Plus, Bad Bunny charts five Global Excl. U.S. top 10s, all from his new LP, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, which ascends to No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 albums chart. (The set reigns following its first full tracking week of activity, Jan. 10-16; it was released Jan. 5.) With three new top 10s, he pushes his total to a record-breaking 23 since the survey began in September 2020.
The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts 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.
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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.
“APT.” tops Global Excl. U.S. with 119.6 million streams (essentially even week-over-week) and 11,000 sold (up 5%) outside the U.S. Jan. 10-16. The only songs that have led the list longer are Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (14 weeks, since 2020) and Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” (13 weeks, 2023) and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (13 weeks, 2022).
Bad Bunny boasts five songs in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10: “DtMF” (9-2), “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” (12-4), “NUEVAYoL” (10-5), “VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR” (15-8) and “VeLDÁ” (21-10).
With three new Global Excl. U.S. top 10 hits, Bad Bunny ups his total to 23 top 10s – breaking out of a tie with Taylor Swift (20) for the most since the chart began.
Elsewhere in the Global Excl. U.S. top five, Lady Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile” slips 2-3, following eight weeks at No. 1 starting in September.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Jan. 25, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Jan. 22, a day later than usual due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Jan. 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 X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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