A celebration is so as: Billboard’s international charts flip 250 weeks previous with Saturday’s June 28-dated rankings. Throughout virtually 5 years, solely a handful of songs have been there each single week – 5 on the latter and simply two on the previous.
The Billboard International 200 and Billboard International Excl. U.S. charts launched with charts dated Sept. 19, 2020. On the previous, Cardi B led with “WAP,” that includes Megan Thee Stallion. On the later, Maluma was No. 1 with “Hawaii.” BTS’ “Dynamite” was No. 2 on each, ultimately topping every listing for a number of weeks. 249 weeks later, none of these songs stay, although “Dynamite” did crack International Excl. U.S. earlier this yr, final showing at No. 150 on the Jan. 18 chart.
Solely 5 songs from that first International Excl. U.S. chart are nonetheless hanging on:
On the International 200, the one songs which have appeared on each single listing are The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” and Sheeran’s “Good.”
One factor tying these international hits collectively? They’re all carried out in English and are by artists from the U.S., the U.Ok. or Canada. Even extending to the 22 songs which have lasted 200 weeks or extra on both chart, the one broader worldwide illustration comes from Daft Punk (France), featured on The Weeknd’s “Starboy” with robotized backing vocals; a-ha (Norway), with the Nineteen Eighties basic “Tackle Me;” and Pinkfong, the South Korean instructional firm answerable for “Child Shark.”
“Blinding Lights” reached No. 2 on each lists, however not one of the different songs above have cracked the highest 20. It might sound counterintuitive that a number of the longest-lasting chart hits peaked outdoors that vary, however it is smart that the 250-weekers have been pre-existing songs which have continued to linger. Most chart-toppers debut at No. 1 or climb there early of their runs, which signifies that outdoors of the inaugural batch, most international No. 1s have been handicapped just by their launch date when it comes to showing on the charts the longest.
“Blinding Lights” was launched in November 2019 and topped the U.S.-based Billboard Sizzling 100 in April 2020, on its method to turning into the chart’s greatest hit of all time. Globally, it labored its method to No. 2 in January and February of 2021, powered partially by hype round The Weeknd’s Tremendous Bowl Halftime efficiency, however may have topped the lists had they existed months prior.
“Somebody You Liked” was launched in 2018 and located its method to the highest of the Sizzling 100 in November 2019. The opposite three 250-week hits all got here out in 2017: “Form of You” that January, “Believer” in February and “Good” in March.
All 5 songs are on this week’s international charts, topped by Sheeran on each lists: “Good” on the International 200 at No. 66 and “Form of You” on International Excl. U.S. at No. 44. The march to 300 weeks and past continues as they seemingly aren’t going anyplace quickly – “Form of You” is greater than it’s been in three-and-a-half years.
