Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: “Kill Bill” has a song by American singer-songwriter SZA. SZA’s “Kill Bill” surges to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart, and the (thankfully fictitious) murder confession song marks her first leader on the list.
Plus, two songs reach the Global 200’s top 10 for the first time: New Jeans’ “Ditto,” up 26-8, and RAYE’s “Escapism,” featuring 070 Shake (33-9).
All songs in the top 10 of the latest Global 200, which reflects the Dec. 30-Jan. 5 tracking week, are bound in rank as holiday hits retreat. (The only seasonal song on the newest chart is Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which falls from No. 1, where it has spent 13 full weeks over the last three holiday seasons, to No. 167.)
SZA’s music video bounces back to No.1
SZA’s “Kill Bill” has bounded to No. 1 from No. 11, surpassing its prior No. 5 high set upon its debut three weeks on the Billboard Global 200 with 64 million streams (up percent) and 2,000 sold (up percent) worldwide on Dec. 30-Jan. 5. A song becomes the first No. 1 for the St. Louis-born, New Jersey-raised singer-songwriter, among three top 10s. It’s from her album SOS, which notches a fourth week at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200.
A song reigns despite the absence of its official video, although SZA teased a clip of it (“A film by Christian Breslauer”) on Dec. 29.
Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” rebounds 13-2 on the Global 200, following four weeks at No. 1 beginning in October; David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” jumps 28-3 after it reached No. 2 in September; Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” climbs 17-4, besting its prior No. 5 high established in November; and Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” lurches 20-5 following four weeks at the summit starting in November.
