Sombr‘s “Undressed” ascends to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart dated Sept. 6, becoming the ranking’s first new ruler in more than a year.
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“Undressed” reaches the top of the list following a 55-frame reign for Billie Eilish‘s “Birds of a Feather” that began on the Aug. 17, 2024, tally. That command stands as the second-longest in the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart’s 16-year history, behind only the 66 weeks for Panic! at the Disco‘s “High Hopes” in 2018-20. (“Birds of a Feather” accumulated its 55 weeks consecutively, the chart’s longest such streak.)
“Undressed” totaled 9.8 million official U.S. streams (a gain of 16%), 32.4 million radio audience impressions (up 3%) and 1,000 downloads sold (up 9%) in the Aug. 22-28 tracking week, according to Luminate.
“Undressed” also rises to No. 1 on Hot Alternative Songs and rules Hot Rock Songs for a fourth week. It’s the singer-songwriter’s first leader on each chart.
Concurrently, parent album I Barely Know Her — Sombr’s debut studio set — starts at No. 2 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums and No. 14 on the all-genre Billboard 200 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned.
Music from the album appears all over Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, including three songs in the top 10. Below “Undressed,” “Back to Friends” holds at its No. 3 high (12 million streams, 7.3 million in radio reach, 1,000 sold) and “12 to 12” bounds 14-7 (6.9 million streams), becoming sombr’s third top 10. In all, six songs from the 10-strong tracklist appear on the chart, with “I Wish I Knew How To Quit You” the top debut at No. 24 (3 million streams).
Of that group, “Back to Friends” also tops Rock Streaming Songs and Alternative Streaming Songs for an 11th and 12th week, respectively.
Both “Undressed” and “Back to Friends” are current radio singles. “Back to Friends” rises 32-28 on Pop Airplay and 33-29 on Adult Pop Airplay, following a five-week reign on Alternative Airplay. “Undressed” lifts 5-4 on Pop Airplay and maintains its No. 4 best on Adult Pop Airplay and is No. 35 on the latest Alternative Airplay chart, after reaching No. 29.
All Billboard charts dated Sept. 6 will update on Wednesday, Sept. 3 (one day later than usual due to the Labor Day holiday Monday, Sept. 1).
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