Harry Styles’ “American Girls” debuts at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. The superstar lands his third Global 200 No. 1, following “Aperture” (one week in February) and “As It Was” (15 weeks, 2022), and his second on Global Excl. U.S., after “As It Was” (13 weeks).
Both “American Girls” and “Aperture” are from the English singer-songwriter’s new album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., which premieres at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200.
The Billboard Global 200 and 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.
“American Girls” leads the Global 200 with 50.9 million streams and 3,000 sold worldwide in its first week of release (March 6-12).
PinkPantheress’ “Stateside,” with Zara Larsson, holds at its No. 2 Global 200 high; Bruno Mars’ “Risk It All” falls to No. 3 a week after it bounded in at No. 1; Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” repeats at No. 4 after reaching No. 2; and Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” falls 3-5, after five weeks at No. 1 between January 2025 and two weeks ago.
“American Girls” tops Global Excl. U.S. with 30.6 million streams and 1,000 sold outside the U.S.
As on the Global 200, and keeping the theme of acts singing about across the pond, “Stateside” holds at its No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. best (with PinkPantheress and Larsson, like Styles, also not from the U.S.; they’re from England and Sweden, respectively.)
“DtMF” drops to No. 3 after four weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. beginning in February; Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” slides 3-4 after eight weeks at No. 1 between October and February; and “Man I Need” descends 4-5 after reaching No. 3.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated March 21) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 17. 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.
