Kate Bush Inches Closer to Topping Hot 100, as Bad Bunny Reclaims No. 1 Album Spot
14.06.2022 - 02:15
/ variety.com
Thania Garcia Kate Bush‘s classic “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” may yet have a shot at topping the Billboard Hot 100: In its second week of resurgence, the “Stranger Things”-boosted perennial has moved up four spots to No. 4, after coming in hot at No. 8 last week.But the Bush oldie still has some obstacles to face in getting to the top of the hill that is the Hot 100, not least of all Harry Styles’ “As It Was,” which, due largely to its domination of U.S.
radio airplay, is parked in the No. 1 spot for a sixth week.Bush can claim No. 1 stats on several other charts right now, though, in any case, including pure streaming and sales markers.
Most prestigiously among the charts “Running Up That Hill” is dominating, it’s just been named as topping the Billboard Global 200, which tracks songs’ overall worldwide success, the U.S. market included. On the Billboard 200 albums chart, Post Malone’s “Twelve Carat Toothache” had to settle for a No.
2 debut, because the ongoing power of Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti” proved too strong to let a new release slide in ahead of it. The Bad Bunny album bounced back to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for a second non-consecutive week, rising from No.
2, where it sat for three weeks.“Un Verano Sin Ti” had temporarily lost the No. 1 spot to “Harry’s House” for three weeks following Styles’ debut. This week, Bad Bunny earned 137,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., good enough to land on top again and, along with the Post Malone premiere, push Styles’ album from first to third.Malone’s “Toothache” launched with 121,000 equivalent album units to come in at No.