Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things’ Holds Atop Billboard Global Charts

Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” remains the biggest song in the world, as it notches a seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. It also holds atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for an eighth week at the summit.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, 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.

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.

‘Beautiful Things’ Leads Global 200 for Seventh Week

Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” on Night Street/Warner Records, holds for a seventh nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 83.9 million streams (down 2%) and 22,000 sold (up 31%) worldwide April 5-11.

Hozier’s “Too Sweet” jumps 6-2 for a new Global 200 high, up 30% to 70.9 million streams worldwide. The song also becomes the Irish singer-songwriter’s first top 10 since the Global Excl. U.S. chart originated (13-7; 35.8 million streams, up 50%, outside the U.S.)

Artemas’ “I Like the Way You Kiss Me” climbs 5-3 for a new Global 200 best; Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” falls 2-4, two weeks after it debuted at No. 1; and Ariana Grande’s “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” slips 4-5, after it debuted at No. 1 in March.

Boone No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. for Eighth Week

Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” scores an eighth nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 60.1 million streams (down 3%) and 8,000 sold (essentially even week-over-week) outside the U.S. April 5-11.

Artemas’ “I Like the Way You Kiss Me” bounds 4-2 for a new highpoint on Global Excl. U.S.; ILLIT’s “Magnetic” backtracks to No. 3 from its No. 2 best; Ariana Grande’s “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” descends 3-4, four weeks after it debuted at No. 1; and Djo’s “End of Beginning” keeps at No. 5, after reaching No. 3.

Plus, FloyyMenor and Cris Mj’s “Gata Only” pushes 9-6 for a new Global Excl. U.S. high. The song also becomes the first top 10 on the Global 200 for both Chilean artists (15-10; 59.5 million streams, up 21%, worldwide).

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated April 20, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, April 16. 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.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.