Despite several swings at bat, three years have separated Sam Smith from a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Last spotted in the chart territory thanks to the Normani-assisted smash, 2019’s ‘Dancing with a Stranger,’ Smith recently hit a homerun with their latest single – the Kim Petras-enlisted ‘Unholy.’
Released September 22, the song’s dominating presence on Tik Tok helped it soar to #1 on the UK singles charts – a feat it seems poised to repeat Stateside.
Look inside to see how the Ilya and Jimmy Napes-produced bop made history with its blazing premiere on the U.S. Pop charts.
The lead single from Smith’s forthcoming album, the yet-titled follow-up to 2020’s ‘Love Goes,’ ‘Unholy’ entered this week’s Billboard Hot 100 at #3 – not only coming as the week’s highest-charting new song but also as the GRAMMY winner’s seventh time touching the top 10 over their career.
A milestone for both its performers, the ‘Unholy’ opening marks the highest debut of any Sam song to date while marking Kim’s first entry overall.
Making history along the way for Petras, who is the first openly trans artist to have a top 10 hit, here are the numbers that powered the tune’s inaugural placement.
- Streaming: 23.2 million U.S.-based streams
- Digital downloads: 12,000 U.S.-based sales
- Radio airplay: 2.8 million audience impressions
Look below to see who join the Pop pair on the updated TGJ Chart Check: Hot 100 edition.
Why do LGBT+ performers always have to at some point slùt it up and dumb it down? Then complain about the very stereotypes they BRAG about being.
They’re not all doing it, and for those who do it, they are only humans like every other straight performers that do the same and they are numerous.
It’s not the same. With gays, it’s always bragging about going behind someone’s back, or someone else going behind someone’s back in this case. It’s like the only way they can feel special. Just the way they LOVE to brag about having s** with “straight” men who are with a woman and has kids. Disgusting.
It’s not the same? Why? Straight people can sell s** and slutery but not the LGBTQ+ ones? By the way, again, we’re not talking about all the straight, neither about all the LGBTQ+ so what’s the deal?
Exactly what I said. Re-read it as I’m not posting it again.
“Just the way they LOVE to brag about having s** with “straight” men who are with a woman and has kids. Disgusting.” Again it’s not all of them, and a lot of straight artists show maried people cheating with or without having kids. Some of them promote prostitution, isn’t disgusting so?
You are generalizing, your reasoning is flawed.
Generalizing is part of the human psyche, just as stereotyping is.
But as a human you can do better and think differently by integrating a new way of seeing things. We can all pass over the stereotypes and just enjoy a show.
Being open about its sexuality doesn’t mean every gay needs to belong to a LGBTQ+ community and needs to represent or be represented by it. Once you get that you can allow yourself to think differently.
Preach Zade! Totally agree. Sam Smith does not represent me as a gay man nor does the LGBTQ community. Im just an independent gay man. A human being. And I dont belong to a community and dont represent one. Just because someone is gay doesnt mean they will be sheep and support everything. We should all be thinking independently.
💯 absolutely, thank you 🙏