Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard Global 200

Gary Trust
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Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” blasts to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart.

Meanwhile, Tate McRae’s “Greedy” adds a fifth week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey.

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Plus, Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” resurges to the top 10 of both the Global 200 (29-8) and Global Excl. U.S. (32-10) after Cyrus performed it, and it garnered her two wins, at the Grammy Awards Feb. 4.

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.

Boone Bounds to No. 1 on Global 200

Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” vaults 6-1 on the Billboard Global 200 with 52.8 million streams (up 31%) and 13,000 sold (up 24%) worldwide Feb. 2-8. A week earlier, the song, released on Night Street/Warner Records, became the first top 10 for the 21-year-old singer-songwriter from Monroe, Wash. He previously hit No. 48 in May 2022 with “In the Stars” and No. 79 in November 2021 with “Ghost Town.”

Tate McRae’s “Greedy” rises 3-2 on the Global 200, following two weeks at No. 1 beginning in November; Jack Harlow’s “Lovin in Me” dips 2-3, after two weeks at No. 1 in January; Teddy Swims’ first top 10, “Lose Control,” reaches the top five (7-4); and Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” rebounds 10-5 after a week at No. 1 in November.

Plus, Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” returns to the Global 200’s top 10 (29-8), boosted by buzz at the Grammys, where it won for record of the year and best pop solo performance – marking Cyrus’ first career Grammy wins – and she performed the song. It soars with 37.4 million streams (up 38%) and 33,000 sold (up 1,271%) worldwide. It spent 13 weeks at No. 1 starting upon its debut in January 2023.

On Global Excl. U.S., “Flowers” flies 32-10 with 27.5 million streams (up 31%) and 7,000 sold (up 470%) outside the U.S. It logged a record-tying 13 weeks at No. 1 in 2023 (matching the reigns of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” from 2021 through the most recent holiday season and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” in 2022).

McRae’s ‘Greedy’ for Sixth Week Atop Global Excl. U.S.

Tate McRae’s “Greedy” tops the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a fifth nonconsecutive week, with 38.3 million streams (down 3%) and 1,000 sold (up 7%) outside the U.S. Feb. 2-8. The track, on RCA Records, became McRae’s first No. 1 on the chart in early December.

Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” roars 14-2 to become his first Global Excl. U.S. top 10, with 31.3 million streams (up 38%) and 4,000 sold (up 49%) outside the U.S. (His “In the Stars” hit No. 59 and “Ghost Town” reached No. 98.)

Creepy Nuts’ first Global Excl. U.S. top 10, “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born,” bumps 7-3 with 27.1 million streams (up 7%) and 12,000 sold (up 29%) outside the U.S. The track by the Japanese duo rose to No. 1 two weeks earlier on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.

Plus, Xavi’s “La Diabla” descends 3-4 on Global Excl. U.S., after reaching No. 2, and Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” rebounds 6-5, after hitting No. 3.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Feb. 17, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Feb. 13. 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.

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