Harry Types Scores First No. 1 on This Chart With ‘As It Was’

For the primary time, Harry Types is No. 1 on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart.

“As It Was,” the lead single from Types’ upcoming third solo album Harry’s Home, debuts at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs rating dated April 16.

Within the April 1-7 monitoring week, “Was” earned 43.8 million official U.S. streams, in keeping with Luminate, previously MRC Knowledge. That’s after it collected 3 million streams in simply 5 hours of availability on March 31.

“Was” isn’t simply Types’ first Streaming Songs ruler – it’s additionally his first high 10. His earlier finest, “Watermelon Sugar,” peaked at No. 12 in July 2020.

Types is the second member of One Course previous or current to achieve No. 1 on Streaming Songs since its 2013 inception. The opposite, Zayn, debuted at No. 1 with “Pillowtalk” in February 2016. One Course itself rose as excessive as No. 2 on the survey with “Greatest Track Ever” in August 2013.

The 43.8 million week for “Was” is the most important for any non-holiday tune in 2022, surpassing Encanto‘s “We Don’t Speak About Bruno,” which topped out at 37.6 million streams towards the Feb. 12 charts. “Was” boasts the very best week for any tune since Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Across the Christmas Tree” collected 47.5 million towards the Jan. 1 rankings, and it’s the very best for a non-holiday monitor since Taylor Swift’s “All Too Nicely (Taylor’s Model),” with 54.4 million, in November 2021.

Concurrently, as beforehand reported, “Was” debuts at No. 1 on the multi-metric Billboard Scorching 100, Types’ second chief and first No. 1 debut.

“Was” is the lead single from Harry’s Home, due Could 20.